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The large whites have gotten to my brassicas (fedia.io)
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The large whites have gotten to my brassicas. I was too slow to cover them, and the rest is history.

#photography #MacroPhotography #gardening #garden #butterfly #caterpillar #insect #insects

a close up photograph of a green caterpillar with short, bristly hairs and black splodges along its sides and back standing on the remains of a green leaf which is more holes than leaf. it is crawling along the edge of the stump of a leaf

a close up photograph of a green caterpillar with short, bristly hairs and black splodges along its sides and back standing on the remains of a green leaf which is more holes than leaf. it is crawling along the edge of the stump of a leaf
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@tidestakemeaway@mastodon.art This species tried to establish in New Zealand after it was accidentally introduced in 2010. It took three and a half years of hard work but the eradication was successful and our cabbages (and threatened native Lepidium species) are safe (at least from this butterfly—we still have Pieris rapae in abundance). https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/great-white-butterfly-eradication-success

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