Watch out for caterpillars!

[Colin Miles]

My early cabbages were outside hardening off (joke - only 76.6F here!) and the small whites had already laid their eggs.

[jopsy]

funny you should mention haterpillars
we had loads last weekend-dd was collecting them

[Malk]

I saw a cabbage white on Friday. A record?

[Deb P]

My early cabbages were outside hardening off (joke - only 76.6F here!) and the small whites had already laid their eggs.

Gave my brassicas a quick once over just before I planted them today......several small eggs on the undersides of the leaves, obviously got them when mine were being hardened off! Little s*ds!

[Tigger]

They're awash here already.

[Malk]

I saw a bright green catapillar on Monday, but didn't know whether to kill it or not. But when I went back to look at it, it was being eaten by ants. I hope it wasn't some lovely rare butterfly.

any ideas what it was? Looked brighter than the cabbage white catapillars but maybe because it was on dirt rather than a green leaf.

[Belinda]

American Cabbage looper
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/a ... ture19.htm

Cabbage white (Small)
http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.u ... itesml.htm

Cabbage white (Large)
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/C ... ides/large)white_cabbage_white.html