Small White Butterfly rapae 10 pupae

Small White  Pieris rapae

Still a common butterfly but nonetheless interesting to rear.

Very easy to breed. Several generations are possible in a season. The pupa hibernates. Keep the pupae cool or in the fridge until April. Lay them out to emerge in May and provide the adults with nectar flowers and stems of the foodplant on which to lay.

The larvae feed on many species of cress, cabbage, mustard and other Cruciferae. This is a species you can breed to enhance the local countryside.

10 pupae of Small White £10.00