Rearing the Cabbage White Butterfly (<em>Pieris rapae</em>) in Controlled Conditions: A Case Study with Heavy Metal Tolerance

Emilie C. Snell-Rood; Megan E. Kobiela

doi:10.3791/65383

Journal

Biologie

Artificial Rearing and Heavy Metal Tolerance in Cabbage White Butterflies

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Emilie C. Snell-Rood¹, Megan E. Kobiela^1,2

¹Deptartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,University of Minnesota, ²Biologie,Sweet Briar College

Summary

This paper presents a detailed protocol for rearing the cabbage white butterfly in controlled lab conditions with an artificial diet, which allows precise manipulations of early-life nutrition and toxin exposure. The representative results show how heavy metal toxicity can be assayed with this protocol.