Half hours with insects . he sides and pointed atboth ends (Harris). Thebutterfly is white, withthe wings dusky next thebody, the tips of the forewings are yellowish be-neath, and the hind wingsare straw-colored yellowish, pear-shaped, longitudinally Native Cabbage Euttcifli. ., , i „ „„ „„„ i„;^i +i^,.^^ ° • ribbed eggs are laid three or four on a single leaf. In a week or ten days the larvaeare hatched. They live three weeks before becoming full-fed. The chrysalis state lasts from ten to twelve is an early summer (May) brood and a late summer(July) brood of butterflies
Half hours with insects . he sides and pointed atboth ends (Harris). Thebutterfly is white, withthe wings dusky next thebody, the tips of the forewings are yellowish be-neath, and the hind wingsare straw-colored yellowish, pear-shaped, longitudinally Native Cabbage Euttcifli. ., , i „ „„ „„„ i„;^i +i^,.^^ ° • ribbed eggs are laid three or four on a single leaf. In a week or ten days the larvaeare hatched. They live three weeks before becoming full-fed. The chrysalis state lasts from ten to twelve is an early summer (May) brood and a late summer(July) brood of butterflies. While this kind feeds on the leaves of the cabbage andturnip, the Southern Cabbage Butterfly {Pieris Protodice),when in the caterpillar state, feeds on the outer leaves ofthe cabbage plant. It is often destructive in market gardensin the middle and southern states. But the injury done byour aboriginal butterflies is slight indeed compared withthat resulting from the European species, which is usually 20. Packard. USTSECTS OF THE GARDEN. 53 unchecked by its ichneumon parasites or by birds, which arepreser-ved iu Europe, where with us they are either brutallymurdered, or neglected if allowed to Jive. The European Cabbage butterfly {Pleris rapce Schrank)is, however, a hundred fold more formidable insect, as it isfearfully abundant where it occurs, and the caterpillar feedsinside of the cabbage head when forming. It was introduced from Europe to Quebec about the year1857, having been captured in 1859 by Mr. Bowles, of thatcity. It rapidly spread into New England along the differ-ent railroads leading in from Canada, and is now commonabout Boston and New Yorlc and has reached Quebec it annually destroys $250,000 worth of cab-bages, according to the Abbe Provancher. It is evidentthat, in this newly arrived insect, w^e have another formidablepest added to our list of imported insects. The male butterfly (Fig. 41) is white, with the tips of thefore w
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