Topic: Tough Caterpillars!

[tim]

Still eating despite the frosts.

No, you can't see them - they've been removed!

[calendula]

still eating ours also - survival of the fittest  ;D

[debster]

mine too little varmints

[Kea]

Probably Cabbage moth caterpillars they seem to be very hardy.

[gruesome]

Hi Tim just spotted this post after  I posted about my cabbage white problem. Seems the wintersare just getting warmer. Have only had 2 days frost all winter.

[dtw]

I always get some bright green small caterpillars (3/4 inch) which cocoon themselves between
two leaves and come out to feed.

I have either been picking them out or squidging between the leaves.
What's the easiest way of dealing with them?
A spray perhaps?

[debster]

we have had plenty of frosts here but still have bright green caterpillars on some plants cheeky monkeys

[Robert_Brenchley]

What sort of plants are the caterpillars on? The appropriate response really depends on how much damage they're doing. Sometimes you can get so many they strip a plant, but mostly they don't do much harm at all.

[debster]

they finished off my pak choi, now on my cabbages  :'(