Small White Caterpillar
Pieris rapae (larva)
The larva lives on cabbages, mustards, and other brassica plants in gardens, fields, and weedy edges. It spends most of its time chewing leaves and resting along the veins, where its green body helps it blend in. Its diet lets it handle mustard-oil chemicals from the plant, making it less appealing to many predators. A single larva can leave neat holes in crops and is often considered a garden pest.
- Type
- Venom
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Small White Caterpillar
- Small White Chrysalis
- Small White