THE WHITE BUTTERFLY
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—There are two species of tliia fly; it all shows that the one we have in the Dominion, at the present time is the garden Vh'ite butterfly'(Pieris Rapae) and not the cabbage Avhite (Pieris 'Brassese). The specimens I have seen hava length, less than one inch, span of wings two' inches, very much like the cabbage white butterfly..; The base and tip oE the fore wiug are,not such a deep black colour. Ihe black patfch in theinner margin of tho fore iving is usually absent in the female; the male has a black, patch 'in the upper side of tho forewing. The habits of both these butterflies are the same, but the garden white lays her eggs separately ;and not in heaps Mike the cabbage white does; Collecting' is more difficult. •-'.-'■'■ :- . * ' The young caterpillars live independently, and their colour makes it difficult to recognise them on the green cabbage, Kohl Kabi, and other "weeds. ■ What .will help to keep down this pest is to destroy all pupae and caterpillars that are to be found from November ti> January. This will ;help but not exterminate.—l am, etc., . '-..'".■, ARTHUK BATCHELOE, Karori, 10th February.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 8
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197THE WHITE BUTTERFLY Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 8
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