Cabbage White Butterflies settling on cabbage leaves on which to lay their eggs.

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As if it was not enough we are over populated with these pests, in August this year (2009) while sailing a few miles off the Lincolnshire coast I watched as large white cabbage white butterflies were crossing the North Sea and heading for the UK coast. There was just one butterfly in original pic but I have added two more as seen on the day but of course it is impossible to get focus on three butterflies at once.

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Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © fotolincs / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: arable, brassica, butterflies., cabbage, control, crop, food, garden, gardening, horticulture, pest, pests., plant, plant., vegetable, whites