Since 1972, he said, the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly has varied from Jan. 1 to Feb. 26, averaging about Jan. 20. P. rapae inhabits vacant lots, fields and gardens where its host plants ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The caterpillar form of an unassuming, small, white butterfly is among the world's most invasive pests affecting agricultural crops, and a newly published paper by a consortium ...

The caterpillar form of an unassuming, small, white butterfly is among the world's most invasive pests affecting agricultural crops, and a newly published paper by a consortium of scientists ...

Christian Mueller/ShutterstockCabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white ...

The Dr. Shapiro challenge: “For over 30 years I have offered a pitcher of beer to the person bringing in the first Cabbage White of the year in the Davis-Sacramento area.” “The contest ...

The Cabbage White is a true butterfly. It is tricky to distinguish a moth from a butterfly at first glance since they are both winged and both members of the Order Lepidoptera.

Shapiro has 51 years of data on the cabbage white butterfly’s first flight of the year in Yolo, Solano and Sacramento counties. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) Art Shapiro, distinguished professor, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, a UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro ...

Nathan Morehouse wasn’t expecting to discover anything extraordinary when he started studying the cabbage white butterfly. Small, plainly colored, and common across six continents, it’s a ...

A butterfly for a beer? Suds for a bug?The annual “Butterfly for a Beer” contest, sponsored by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of Calif… ...

White Cabbage Butterfly. A story by Valentine Jones, age 17, Co Limerick. The beach is deserted. Éamonn drives right on to the shore, deep tire tracks scouring the otherwise flawless white sand.