Does anyone know what moth/butterfly this turns into?
It has a smooth brown skin with a light brown stripe running down its length on the sides and two sets of dark/black markings on it's rear.
(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x296/nilly71/allotment/P110001_23-04-09.jpg)
(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x296/nilly71/allotment/P1100_23-04-09.jpg)
I have found a couple tucked up inside my cauliflowers.
This site list loads of caterpillars but no images show on my pc :( does it work for anyone else?
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/plates.htm (http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/plates.htm)
Most of the sites i have found only show the moths/butterflies not the caterpillars. I know its not a Hawk Moth.
Neil
i found two of these yesterday while tidying up some autumn leaves.
the sites pics aren't working for me either, I'll go do a quick google and see what i find.
i believe its the larvae of the cabbage moth, another attaker of the brasicus family (like there aren't enough already ::))
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0800/cabbage_caterpillars.asp (http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0800/cabbage_caterpillars.asp)
I don't feel so bad, about having squished them, whenever I've found them now... ::)
yes neither do i, there is a robin pair with a full brood at the moment and put in a tray the two caterpillars and some wireworms that i foud yesterday and left it close to the nest, all i can say is they didn't last long ;D.
Quote from: thifasmom on April 23, 2009, 13:30:27i believe its the larvae of the cabbage moth
Thanks for that, i looked for two hours on the net this morning and could not find anything :( , didn't think to look on the RHS site :(
At least i know what to do with it now ;)
Neil
looks like an elephant hawk moth to me :)
No, that has a massive eye spot.