On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:12 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

In message , mogga
writes
Whatever this is something is scoffing it as fast as it can grow. I
have seen a couple of caterpillas in the area but none on it yet.
(There was a very strange red streaked one that looked just the same
colour as the fence paint OH was using last week...)

Cinnabar moth caterpillar? (Normally eats ragwort.)

They're the stripey ones? This had a top half red and underside
green... as if it'd been painted...
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On 15 May, 12:50, mogga wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:12 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley

wrote:
In message , mogga
writes
Whatever this is something is scoffing it as fast as it can grow. I
have seen a couple of caterpillas in the area but none on it yet.
(There was a very strange red streaked one that looked just the same
colour as the fence paint OH was using last week...)

Cinnabar moth caterpillar? (Normally eatsragwort.)

They're the stripey ones? This had a top half red and underside
green... as if it'd been painted...
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This is not a Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar. These are striped yellow and
black and only eat Ragwort and some related plants. This is some other
kind of moth. In my experience most caterpillars on cabbage are moths.

Neil Jones

http://www.butterflyguy.com