Yesterday, I spotted a couple of large caterpillars on me kale - time to be scrupulous if you aren't already?
what are those lime green maggotty things ? Are they catpillas or maggots and should they be 'removed'.
On the ground or on the plants? On the plants then I reakons they be caterpillars of one of the white butterflies. I was still picking them off my kale on Christmas Eve!
maggotty things were on the ground. Bald and curled up like a quaver. Slightly darker stripe down it's back I seem to remember. S'pose it may have fallen off the plant ? Did not want to squish in case it was a goodie.
There are many types of the NASTY cutworm. Try this?
http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/cutworms.html
I'm loath to kill something if it isn't doing any harm (except maybe slugs and snails - though I'll just generally chuck them out of the way). I found a caterpillar in my compost heap today and two chrysallis (chrysalli?) in a tray in the greenhouse when I gave it a springclean. No idea what they are going to evolve into. Maybe this site can help -
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/
Art
Quote from: tim on April 09, 2005, 17:56:50
There are many types of the NASTY cutworm. Try this?
http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/cutworms.html
Had a look at the link Tim - maybe an advantage for DIGGING..