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Pests & Diseases – Cabbage White Caterpillars

Posted on 29. Jul, 2007 by Tracey in Pests

What are they? Tiny green and green and black caterpillars on the underside of cabbage leaves, they leave holes in your crops leaves. The caterpillars are from the small cabbage white butterfly. Look out for the yellow eggs/larvae and remove.

Cabbage White Caterpillars

Vegetables destroyed: Leaves – Cabbages, Broccoli, brussels sprouts, turnips, Kale.

Month Occurred: June, July, August and October

Solution: Check the underside of the leaves, shake the leaves of the cabbages and the caterpillars will fall onto your soil so you can pick them up and dispose of them.

Organic solutions: Netting and if you already have netting like me be careful not to let any cabbage white butterflies into the netting so they become trapped.

Cabbage White Caterpillar Eggs

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