. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . of a bran mash the same as described for cutwormwill be found valuable. GREEN CABBAGE WORM(Pontia Rapae) We have two species of the green cabbage worms. Onea native, the other a European pest. The butterflies arevery much alike for both species, there being only a slightdifference in the wing markings; they are nearly white whenyoung with a few dark spots on the wings. According to Sempers, as the butterflies age they chargeto a yeflower color. It is a very common sight to see themflying over a cabbage field. (Fig. 20.) The eggs are
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . of a bran mash the same as described for cutwormwill be found valuable. GREEN CABBAGE WORM(Pontia Rapae) We have two species of the green cabbage worms. Onea native, the other a European pest. The butterflies arevery much alike for both species, there being only a slightdifference in the wing markings; they are nearly white whenyoung with a few dark spots on the wings. According to Sempers, as the butterflies age they chargeto a yeflower color. It is a very common sight to see themflying over a cabbage field. (Fig. 20.) The eggs are laid on the under side of the leaves and 72 LATE CABBAGE hatch in about one week. The worms from the two speciesdiffer in color, the imported species being green, whileour native one is pale blue with yellow stripes. The Uttleworms grow very fast as a result of their very rapid eating;in about two weeks they get their full growth and transforminto a chrysalis. In this state they stay from one to twoweeks, whence they hatch into a butterfly again. There are.
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