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

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) young caterpillars on cabbage, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on apple blossom, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on leaf, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on Forget-me-not (Myosotis sp), Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on leaf, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on Forget-me-not (Myosotis sp), Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Jussi Murtosaari / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars and frass on Sea kale (Crambe maritima). Korpo, Finland. September.

Robin Chittenden / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) resting on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) leaf. Suffolk, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Large White butterfly caterpillar. (Pieris brassicae). Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May.

Rod Williams / Large white butterfly caterpillar (Pieris brassicae) moving from one leaf to another, Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / RF - Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on Verbena flowers in garden (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / RF - Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) sequence flying to feed on Scabious flowers in wildflower meadow. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) in flight to feed on scabious flowers, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

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.

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

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars feeding on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Loic Poidevin / Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flower, Vendée, France. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars, first instar, newly hatched from eggs. On Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf.

Jussi Murtosaari / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), feeding on nectar, Finland, August.

Philippe Clement / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) nectaring from a Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) flower, Pyrenees, France.

Philippe Clement / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) and Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight, nectaring from Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) flower, Pyrenees, France, Sepetember.

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on sunflowers, England, UK, August. Digital Composite.

Loic Poidevin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on flowers, Vendee, France, October.

Ernie Janes / RF - Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) sequence of flying. England, UK, July. Digital composite. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on lavender flowers in garden setting. England, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on lavender flowers in garden setting.

Kim Taylor / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) taking off from a Mallow. Surrey, England, Digital composite of sequence of nine images at 15 millisecond intervals.

Chris Mattison / Single egg of Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on brussel sprout leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.. Focus-stacked image.

Sue Daly / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Stephen Dalton / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding inside foxglove, Sussex, England, UK, June.

Dave Watts / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on aster, UK

Terry Whittaker / Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on thistle. Kent, UK. July

Andy Sands / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) Roosting with wings closed, Oxfordshire, England, UK, July