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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: cambourne7 on October 08, 2007, 18:42:34

Title: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: cambourne7 on October 08, 2007, 18:42:34

Hi Guys,

The weekend i have noticed that my spring cabbage look like lace, and there are what looks like sawfly on them muching away.

I have sprayed with deris but can anyone tell me what time of year these should be attacking in normaly?

I knew i should have covered in netting but just though it was 2 late in the season (stupid me)

Cambourne7

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: calendula on October 08, 2007, 20:56:06

are they netted 'cos 'lace' always make me think about pigeon work  :(

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: cambourne7 on October 08, 2007, 21:15:00

no i could see the little sawfly catapillers on the leaf.

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: Kea on October 11, 2007, 16:33:11

If they are green they are small cabbage white caterpillars. I've just been squashing them today! came home with green fingers. They show up well on my red cabbages. They do quite a bit of damage and produce lacy leaves.

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: Tee Gee on October 11, 2007, 20:04:51

Is it these? (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Caterpillar/Caterp
illar%202.jpg)

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: cambourne7 on October 12, 2007, 17:29:56

no thats not them these had a pattern on there backs.

Title: Re: Sawfly (or something simular) eating cabbage
Post by: Kea on October 15, 2007, 10:27:58

Cabbage moth Caterpillars have a pattern, they can be green or brown. i posted a picture of one (not my picture though, one from the web)  last year that I found after a big hunt to find out what the caterpillar was hiding on my plot in late autumn. I can't find it again and I don't know where I posted it now.