If you see a dainty white butterfly with black markings fluttering around in your yard this spring and summer, you might want to head over to your garden and check on your cabbage. Wait, my cabbage?

Question: I see white butterflies landing on my kale, then later green caterpillars decimate the leaves. What do I need to do to stop this from happening, since I love kale? Answer: The arrival of ...

Researchers report that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use two gut enzymes to effectively disarm the mustard oil bomb, the major chemical defense system of their host plants. Cabbage white ...

Step outside just about anywhere in Louisiana right now and you’re likely to spot dozens of hairy, white caterpillars crawling around. Sometimes, you may even see one fall from overhead, seemingly out ...

All those dainty white moths flitting around fields, yards and gardens of the Inland Northwest? They’re not moths but butterflies. And while they lack the showy colors of monarchs, swallowtails and ...

Pretty little creamy white butterflies are among the first butterflies to appear in the spring. They flitter in the gardens, landing on one plant for a bit and then skip off to another plant. Lubbock ...

Cruciferous plants, such as cabbage, rapeseed, horseradish or mustard, have a special defense strategy against herbivores called the "mustard oil bomb". They store glucosinolates as defensive ...