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Old 20-05-2004, 05:13 PM
DigitalVinyl
 
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Default broccoli pest? 1/8 to 1/4 inch long green catepillars

DigitalVinyl wrote:

My broccoli all have little holes in the leaves. I've just
hand-cleaned the undersides of tiny green catepillars. Which pest is
this? This is my first year with brocolli and this is a new bug for
me. They are very fond of the broccoli but arent' on any of the
cauliflower yet(right next to broccoli, but they are still
signifcantly smaller plants though).


After a couple of web page searches found it.

"Diamondback worms are small, pale, green caterpillars that are
pointed on both ends. The moth is gray, with diamond-shaped markings
when the wings are closed. The damage caused by diamondback larvae
looks like shot holes in the leaf."

The shot holes is the dead ringer for what I'm seeing.

I'll have to start checking them every morning.
DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
2nd year gardener