Eggs on brassicas

Hi

Can anyone help?

We were down at the plot yesterday and found eggs on the underside of some of the brassica leaves - all four varieties, cauli, broc, cabbage and brussels.

The eggs very small and were a creamy white colour and nearly all of the eggs had a fly on top of them - the fly did not move when the leaf was disturbed so it got squashed along with the eggs - sorry no photo.

The plants are only small at the mo - when would the cabbage white lay eggs?

Can anyone help - I need to keep a close eye on them I guess.

Thanks

willnbirdie

Most of the season really. :shock:

Just a word of caution for finding such things on any odd plant, ladybird eggs happen to be a rather similar description.

Hi

Thanks for the replies - there is netting on the plants now - I have to admit there wasn't for a couple of days stilly us thought they were too small yet to be of any interest to the cabbage white.

Anyhow - off to the plot tomorrow to inspect each and every brassica with the proverbial fine toothed comb - looked at a few today so if they have eggs on them it's something that can get through fairly fine netting - no way a cabbage white could fit through - all edges are touching the soil held down with bricks.

Eh it's not straight forward this growing lark.  

willnbirdie