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They have a four stage life cycle. They are egg-caterpillar(larval)-pupal-adult. At first, the female butterfly lays yellow eggs on the top of plants, she lays about 50 to 100. The life cycle begins when they hatch. 10 to 15 days later,the egg will become a larvae.<ref name=Nature>Author Unknown. [http://www.itsnature.org/air/creepy-crawlies-air/cabbage-butterfly/] ''Nature''. Web.</ref> | They have a four stage life cycle. They are egg-caterpillar(larval)-pupal-adult. At first, the female butterfly lays yellow eggs on the top of plants, she lays about 50 to 100. The life cycle begins when they hatch. 10 to 15 days later,the egg will become a larvae.<ref name=Nature>Author Unknown. [http://www.itsnature.org/air/creepy-crawlies-air/cabbage-butterfly/] ''Nature''. Web.</ref> | ||
Their bodies look hairy and are yellow or green with black spots. They can grow up to 60 mm long.<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 to eat plants, usually cabbage. They are able to change their body color to green because they eat cabbage. The larvae finds a place that is quite or calm and creates a [[cocoon]]. When they create cocoon, they stop eating. After 10 days, it | Their bodies look hairy and are yellow or green with black spots. They can grow up to 60 mm long.<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 to eat plants, usually cabbage. They are able to change their body color to green because they eat cabbage. The larvae finds a place that is quite or calm and creates a [[cocoon]]. When they create a [[cocoon]], they stop eating. After 10 days, it will become a pupa and they experience metamorphosis(something that develops and changes into something completely different). After 20 days, they will be a large cabbage white butterfly and they live for 1~2 monthes.<ref name=Nature/> | ||
== Ecology == | == Ecology == | ||
