Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August

Stephen Dalton / Large white butterfly {Pieris brassicae} in flight over cabbage plant, UK

Kim Taylor / Female Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) in flight, Surrey, UK. Multiple exposure

Kim Taylor / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly {Pieris brassicae} feeding on spear thistle, England

Kim Taylor / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly {Pieris brassicae} female flies from broccoli flower UK.

Hans Christoph Kappel / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly flying, Germany

Bernard Castelein / Cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) covered in dew droplets, on Knotweed (Polygonaceae) flower. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) first or second instar caterpillars and empty egg case on Cabbage (Brassicaceae) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) first or second instar caterpillars and empty egg case on Cabbage (Brassicaceae) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars and frass on damaged Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.