page_title: Pieris brassicae
section_title: Hatching
hierarchical_section_title: Pieris brassicae / Reproduction and development / Life cycle / Hatching
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Große Kohlweißling. Porträt von der Raupe.English&#x3a;&#32; Large white caterpillar portrait.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Piéride du chou. Portrait de la chenille.
context_page_description: Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth, or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
  The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia.
context_section_description: The large white eggs hatch approximately one week after being laid and live as a group for some time. The hatching period constitutes around two to seven hours. Upon hatching, they cause a lot of damage to the host plant by eating away at and destroying the host plant.
caption: Caterpillar
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