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[[File:Cabbage-bf2.jpg|thumb|150px|left|This is life cycle of Large cabbage white butterfly]] | [[File:Cabbage-bf2.jpg|thumb|150px|left|This is life cycle of Large cabbage white butterfly]] | ||
They have three stage on life cycle. There are egg-caterpillar(larval)-pupal-adult. At first, the female butterfly lays yellow eggs on the top of plants about 50 to 100. And the life cycle begins when they are hatch. 10 to 15 days later,the egg would become larvae. They start eating plants. Usually they eat cabbage. | They have three stage on life cycle. There are egg-caterpillar(larval)-pupal-adult. At first, the female butterfly lays yellow eggs on the top of plants about 50 to 100. And the life cycle begins when they are hatch. 10 to 15 days later,the egg would become larvae..<ref name=Nature>Author Unknown. [http://www.itsnature.org/air/creepy-crawlies-air/cabbage-butterfly/] ''Nature''. Web.</ref> | ||
They are able to change their body color like green because they eat cabbage. The larvae finds a place like quite or calm and creates a cocoon. When they create cocoon, they stop eating. After 10 days, it can be pupa and they experience about metamorphosis(thing develops and changes into something completely different). | They look like hairy in their body and yello or green with black spots. They can grow up to 60 mm.<ref name=European cabbageworm Pieris brassicae>Author Unknown. [http://www.ipm.msu.edu/uploads/files/Forecasting_invasion_risks/europeanCabbageworm.pdf] ''European cabbageworm Pieris brassicae. Web. Last-update February 2010.</ref>They start eating plants. Usually they eat cabbage. They are able to change their body color like green because they eat cabbage. The larvae finds a place like quite or calm and creates a cocoon. When they create cocoon, they stop eating. After 10 days, it can be pupa and they experience about metamorphosis(thing develops and changes into something completely different). After 20 days, they can be large cabbage white butterfly and they live for 1~2 monthes.<ref name=Nature/> | ||
After 20 days, they can be large cabbage white butterfly and they live for 1~2 monthes.<ref name=Nature | |||
== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
