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Old 02-07-2008, 05:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Gooseberry vs caterpillars


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"Mary Fisher" writes:
| "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
| k...
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| Mottled green and black/brown?
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| All the cabbage white caterpillars I've seen have been - er -
| caterpillar green in hue.
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| Same here. The sawfly ones are bluish.

That's Pieris rapae. P. brassicae ones are blackish and yellowish.


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Nick Maclaren.