Large Cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) eggs

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:20 am

At least I think that's the species...

Firstly a wider group shot:-

Stack of 74 images shot with OM38mm/2.8. Stacked in Zerene stacker

And a close up:-

Stack of 53 images shot with Nikon 10x/0.30 CF Plan objective. Stacked in Zerene stacker

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:45 pm

Things of beauty.

The sculpturing looks right and I think the Small White does not group theirs so closely, if at all.

Harold

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:52 am

Thanks Harold. That was my understanding about the egg laying habits of the two 'cabbage whites'.

These little patches of eggs quickly turn into a big bunch of caterpillars which eat entire small brassica plants almost overnight...