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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: tim on November 21, 2007, 10:43:49

Title: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: tim on November 21, 2007, 10:43:49
Still eating despite the frosts.

No, you can't see them - they've been removed!
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: calendula on November 21, 2007, 21:09:29
still eating ours also - survival of the fittest  ;D
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: debster on November 21, 2007, 21:57:04
mine too little varmints
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: Kea on January 25, 2008, 17:10:41
Probably Cabbage moth caterpillars they seem to be very hardy.
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: gruesome on January 26, 2008, 10:48:07
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.
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: dtw on February 17, 2008, 21:24:39
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?
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: debster on February 17, 2008, 21:45:31
we have had plenty of frosts here but still have bright green caterpillars on some plants cheeky monkeys
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 18, 2008, 08:03:09
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.
Title: Re: Tough Caterpillars!
Post by: debster on February 18, 2008, 19:20:39
they finished off my pak choi, now on my cabbages  :'(