Here she is:  A cabbage white butterfly, flirting around my broccoli plants.  She is only about 2 inches across, but I thought you might like to see what all the hoo hah is about.  

There are no flowers (for nectar) on the broccoli, so I imagine her intent is to lay eggs.  The adult females lay the eggs under the edge of the leaves, and when the caterpillars emerge they eat the leaves.  See those holes in the lower leaves?

 

That’s what we DON’T want.  I don’t mind the butterflies, but the caterpillars do a lot of damage.  So all the Brassicas get Dipel dusted after every rain.  The butterfly isn’t poisoned, but the caterpillars die when they ingest the dust.  Sorry…

 

 

HAPPY SUCCESSFUL GARDENING!!!