CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLIES 



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feed also on Mignonette and Tropaeolum. There are 

 two and sometimes three broods in the year. Eggs 

 laid in the end of summer yield larvae which pupate 

 in autumn, and after hibernating emerge as Butterflies 

 in spring. The Butterflies lay eggs, and the issuing 

 summer-larvae pupate about midsummer. In an 

 early season the broods are hastened a little, and the 



FIG. 49. Small Cabbage White ; the female above, the male below. 



autumn brood is the third and not the second of the 

 year. From April to September there are few weeks 

 in which the Butterflies cannot be seen, and successive 

 generations of caterpillars are busy feeding during 

 most of the summer. 



The eggs of the Large Cabbage White are laid in 

 patches on the underside of the leaves, and are small 



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