Comments on: Cabbage worm identification and organic control https://farm-kits.com/cabbage-worm/ Cultivating curiosity and confidence Fri, 06 May 2022 14:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 By: Jessica Walliser https://farm-kits.com/cabbage-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-89441 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:48:46 +0000 https://farm-kits.com/?p=6783#comment-89441 Scottie Gray. The only think I can think of is that they moved indoors to pupate. Most caterpillars move away from their host plant to form their cocoon. Perhaps they crawled indoors to find a sheltered place to pupate that was protected from the elements.]]> In reply to Scottie Gray.

The only think I can think of is that they moved indoors to pupate. Most caterpillars move away from their host plant to form their cocoon. Perhaps they crawled indoors to find a sheltered place to pupate that was protected from the elements.

]]> By: Scottie Gray https://farm-kits.com/cabbage-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-88928 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:16:53 +0000 https://farm-kits.com/?p=6783#comment-88928 Why would green caterpillars be in an abandoned building … no lights….in the dark…power off.

2-4 inches in length about 4 or 5 of them…

We accidentally stepped on one and he turned black…. they were big in a big clean building

The door they could have come in on is next to an alley with an opening from the floor…. please advise

Help please

]]> By: Ken https://farm-kits.com/cabbage-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-55543 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:42:44 +0000 https://farm-kits.com/?p=6783#comment-55543 They are particularly easy to remove by hand because they lie in the daytime along the spine of a leaf, as shown in the second picture. The damage they do before they get to this stage is not serious. It’s also quite easy to remove the eggs before they hatch: just do a search the day after you’ve seen the butterflies in the garden.

If only all the other caterpillar pests were so easy!

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