Egg laying

[Anne Kilmer]

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

I think she's not in the U.S. 
Our imported pest is Pieris rapae, commonly called the cabbage white. 
Pieris brassicae is also commonly called cabbage white, lays eggs in
clusters, and does not inhabit the U.S. yet. 
Did Barrie neglect to use the scientific name? 
Anne Kilmer
South Florida