The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro spotted ...

Nigel Andrew has received funding from the Australian Research Council, Grains Research Development Council, Meat and Livestock Australia, NSW Environmental Trust, and NSW Local Land Services. He is a ...

We may have our Eastern Mediterranean neighbors to thank for the multivoltine species, the Pieris rapae cabbage white butterflies in our garden these days. Like the monarch butterfly, the cabbage ...

File photo: This was not the “first” cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2023. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro spotted two this week. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) In between the rain and ...

Researchers report that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use two gut enzymes to effectively disarm the mustard oil bomb, the major chemical defense system of their host plants. Cabbage white ...

Question: I see white butterflies landing on my kale, then later green caterpillars decimate the leaves. What do I need to do to stop this from happening, since I love kale? Answer: The arrival of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, a UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro ...

The Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) was probably the first butterfly I ever noticed, long before I learned its name. This rather nondescript insect may be among the most familiar butterflies worldwide.

All those dainty white moths flitting around fields, yards and gardens of the Inland Northwest? They’re not moths but butterflies. And while they lack the showy colors of monarchs, swallowtails and ...

The butterfly month in the Northland is July. It was at this time when the biggest variety and numbers could be found here. Fields and gardens provided the best show, but some species were active in ...

Cruciferous plants, such as cabbage, rapeseed, horseradish or mustard, have a special defense strategy against herbivores called the "mustard oil bomb". They store glucosinolates as defensive ...