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tim

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The Cabbage White
« on: September 07, 2006, 18:02:49 »
Need advice -

1. How many clusters of eggs can one c/w lay?

2. How long is the life cycle - from egg to c/w?

Our brassica are covered to the ground - where they are folded over - & STILL the little darlings sidle in somehere.

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Re: The Cabbage White
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2006, 19:12:01 »
I think they must lay their eggs nearby and the tiny caterpillars crawl through the mesh. Definitly no eggs on brassicas but I do find really tiny caterpilllars inside mesh. Some grow a little bigger before I squash them. The mesh is firmly secured all the way round

 

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