Egg laying

[Niklas Wahlberg]

Hi,
   Pieris brassicae lays its eggs in batches, Pieris rapae singly. Both
are known as cabbage butterflies...

Cheers,
Niklas
Sunsol wrote:
> 
> I have a copy of the book "Butterfly and Caterpillar " by Barrie Watts. In
> it is a photo of a cabbage white laying a group of eggs.  I have never seen
> cabbage white eggs in groups. Do you think she was drugged?
> 
> Sally

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