Newly hatched Cabbage White caterpillars are minute. There first job is to eat the empty capsule then feed on the leaf the female laid the eggs on.

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Newly hatched Cabbage White caterpillars are minute. There first job is to eat the empty capsule then feed on the leaf the female laid the eggs on. Their growth rate is spectacular

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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