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nettles because they keep the caterpillars safe from grazing animals. Not all butterflies require nettles. The ones that do are - Peacock, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell and Comma. Others, such as cabbage white, will use other plants

Hi I have just started to grow vegetables this year and have been successful with most of it. However, something has been eating my cauliflowers. I have had the caterpillars from the cabbage whites which I have kept in check . The main problem

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, was a fat, green caterpillar. I've no idea what the caterpillar was; there are so many green caterpillars, and not all of them are the small cabbage white. I grudgingly decided that butterflies and moths are far fewer in number than foxgloves, and a new

of the cabbage white butterfly caterpillars, cabbage root fly, pigeons, slugs and snails. Maybe it's just as well I've got so many.

What other butterflies overwinter in the UK? Reply to Mrs CullenAll of Britain's 55 or so resident butterfly species overwinter here, but in different stages of their development. Hairstreaks overwinter as eggs, cabbage whites as chrysalides

, three came along at once.A green-veined white, Pieris napi, was the first to appear, fluttering down to examine the mock orange flowers. This is probably the most widespread of the ‘cabbage’ whites, since it occurs commonly throughout the British Isles

and dropped to the floor. And yesterday the cats brought in a huge black and grey moth - the old lady, Mormo maura - which fluttered around the kitchen ceiling until rescued.Wednesday also brought the first large cabbage white butterfly of the year. I don

butterflies lets, hope they come back with the predicted warmer weather. Only seen two cabbage white and they didn't stay long enough to lay eggs. Nettles are a caterpillar food.  Buddlias are solely a nectar provider.    This has been bad for butterflies

any thats ok Hi,  This old thread may help you with your bird problem and with the insect problem you may get with a lot of your veg.  I took my netting off my first lot of broccolli and cabbage last week as they were about ready and the cabbage whites