"Neil Jones" wrote in message
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Hi

Sorry for the post's but I have just bought a house with my 1st garden,
so
it's all a bit new! What effective, and environmental friendly
methods,
can
people recommend for controlling these critters?

What kind of caterpillars do you want to control, in a new garden ?
In the UK there are very few caterpillars around at this time of year.

Janet

Had them all winter here (on the cabbages) in Somerset. :-((

Even the so-called cold snaps didn't get shot of them!!

What did the caterpillars on your cabbages look like?



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Neil Jones- http://www.butterflyguy.com/


Neil,

According to my 'Dr. Hessayon' book and the old chap (i.e.: local expert on
all gardening matters!) at the hardware shop:

1. The ones that thrived until mid-December ('frost' for a couple of
nights) were Large Cabbage Whites.

2. The ones that were/are still present are Cabbage Moth - although their
colouring looks darker in the book.

Nothing exciting I'm afraid!!

Cheers,

Andrew