Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

Cabbage White on Narrow-leaved Milkweed

Cabbage White in Suffolk, England, August 1969

Cabbage White in Morwell National Park in Victoria, Australia, February 1997

Feeding on Allium tuberosum

A pair of Cabbage Whites mating on my fingers in mid August.

A Cabbage White female ovipositing on a head of cabbage in my garden, end of August.

Three Cabbage White ova on a cabbage leaf, early September.

Three very early instar Cabbage White larvae with an ova on a cabbage leaf in my garden, early September.

A late instar Cabbage White larva on a cabbage leaf, mid September.

Cabbage White caterpillar damage to a head of cabbage. That's ok, it was worth it being able to see the full cycle of this little white butterfly.


Cabbage White caterpillar on a Bok Choy leaf in my garden in Victoria, Australia, March 2007

Cabbage White egg on a Bok Choy leaf in my garden in Victoria, Australia, March 2007

Young Cabbage White caterpillar resting under a Bok Choy leaf in my garden in Victoria, Australia, March 2007

Chrysalis of Cabbage White Butterfly in my garden in Victoria, Australia, March 2008

Another Cabbage White chrysalis. This one is formed on the outside of my bedroom window, in Victoria, Australia, March 2007

Cabbage White caterpillar about to pupate. Note that it has attached itself to the glass by a loop of white silk. In my garden in Victoria, Australia, April 2007

Here resting on a Sunflower leaf, however they were using the Nasturtium for oviposits.. (I dont have cabbage this year.)

Sipping from Zinnia




Mating on a Shasta 'Crazy Daisy' July 8, 2008...in our garden, Lincoln Nebraska...

Feeding on lavender - June 23, 2009

Feeding on lavender - June 23, 2009


Resting on a Nicotiana mutabilis leaf in our garden...Lincoln, Nebraska...June 4th, 2009.

white on white

Cabbage white on peony leaf.

Cabbage White on Potentilla flower.

The White Butterfly or Cabbage Butterfly - these two were captured on my rose bush in January

This male White Butterfly with his characteristic two black spots on his wings, landed on my Park Princess dahlia bush

Cabbage white female nectaring flowers at Woodward Park, early May, Tulsa, OK.

Found at Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia every year, this image taken in November 2011

This Cabbage White has a lot of wear-and-tear on its wings

Cabbage White Butterfly in Northeast, Illinois

Copyright of and photo courtesy of Gail Reed from Dongara, Western Australia.