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Gallery

Catalog Cabbage White Gallery

Adults

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Female

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Female

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Male

Eggs

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Egg of the Cabbage White

Larvae

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First instar larva, showing poison tipped setae

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First instar larva showing the way it ejects dung pellets (frass)

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Third instar larva, head to the left

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Fourth instar larva, aligned along the vein of a nasturtium leaf, head to the left

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Fifth and final instar larva, head to the left

Setae

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Second instar larva (moulting) showing the poison tipped glandular hairs (setae)

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Contrasted image of highly magnified, white based, poison tipped glandular hairs on the second instar larva

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Glandular secretionary hairs on the fifth instar larva

Pupae

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Green colour form

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Green colour form

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Grey colour form

The pupae normally recline from the vertical, but are shown here horizontally for display purposes.

All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.