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Caterpillar ID please

HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
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Found at least 3 of these making a meal of the nasturtiums this morning, can anyone id them? 
It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost

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  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,041
    Large White butterfly. They don't just eat cabbage!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,926
    edited August 2022
    Yes Large White aka Cabbage White … I treat nasturtiums as ‘sacrificial’ plants and let the butterflies have them … but I net my brassicas to keep them away from my veg. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    Thank you both. Nasturtiums originally planted near the roses to keep the aphids away, they've given sterling service this year! 😁 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,197
    For the first time in years we sowed some brussels and they are being decimated by the whites caterpillars. Our fault for not netting. In the polytunnel for the first time ever our pak choi and kohl rabi also being attacked by the caterpillars. Pick them off but sqashing them not pleasant and they smell so awful, supposedly why the birds don't eat them.
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