… of insect herbivores has thus far received little attention. This study … of plant age on female
oviposition preference and offspring performance in the large cabbage white butterfly Pieris …

… of insect herbivores has thus far received little attention. This study … of plant age on female
oviposition preference and offspring performance in the large cabbage white butterfly Pieris …

… most are common hosts of two cabbage white butterfly species, … changes in plant suitability
for feeding caterpillars. Therefore, … of Pieris brassicae and P. rapae on seven Brassicaceae …

… , is lower on plants infested by the two species of caterpillars … other two experiments were
highly significant (the middle bar … The amount of damage to a plant is positively correlated with …

… , is lower on plants infested by the two species of caterpillars … other two experiments were
highly significant (the middle bar … The amount of damage to a plant is positively correlated with …

… trials, caterpillars reared on cabbage were strongly deterred … , the butterflies may be
responding to visual cues that correlate … as feeding stimulants for Pieris brassicae larvae in a semi-…

… brassicae was extended compared with caterpillars … Pieris brassicae, the large cabbage
white butterfly is a gregarious … Pieris brassicae females are highly synovigenic, and thus eclose …

… However a highly significant interaction of ‘‘plant×… brassicae butterflies prefer to oviposit
on lower leaves (see results) and that caterpillars prefer to feed on the lower part of the plant (…

… stages of the Large Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) to … oviposition alters plant
volatile emissions before and after … This supports the notion that natural selection acts strongly …

… show that neonate Pieris brassicae caterpillars can actively … -plant selection by herbivorous
insects are strongly biased to … studied the oviposition preference of butterflies in a large tent (…