Cabbage Loopers are just about guaranteed to appear on broccoli and
cauliflower. They are very common and usually don't disturb other
vegetables.

You can use Bt powder (Dipel Dust) or the liquid form called Thuricide.
It's an organic bacteria that targets just caterpillars or chewing larvae.
Just follow the directions on the label and you'll be fine.

Penny
Zone 7b - North Carolina
"Antipodean Bucket Farmer" wrote in message
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Hi Everybody,

I have experienced a caterpillar attack on my broccoli
and then similar-appearing damage to my cauliflower.

The broccoli was an obvious victim, since I caught them
in the act, swarming on the head of a couple of plants
one morning. The cauliflower have recieved lots of
holes in the the leaves, just like a previous symptom
on the broccoli. And I also found a bunch of apparant
larvae on one of the cauliflower leaves.

However, other vegetables in the same area were left
alone.

Is this just a coincidence? Just a random, one-time
distribution of the caterpillar population? Or does
this indicate some dietary preference?

This specific gang of perpetrators are each about a
centemetre or so long, neon-green, and walk with a sort
of "inch-worm" type wave through their body (but the
legs are obvious.) I think the butterfly version is a
small, white variety.

Comments? Thanks.

-V.


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