Tag: caterpillar
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BadCritters: Tiger Moth Caterpillar
The caterpillar of this BadCritter will munch your salad greens just as happily as your non-edibles. Their hairy bodies have given them the nickname ‘woolly bears’. I picked the caterpillar below of my snow pea plants and after its photo shoot it got dispatched 🙂 . Bit of a shame as they are amazing to…
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BadCritter: White Cabbage Butterfly
Oh but I hate these beautiful little butterflies. They are particularly active in spring and early summer. I don’t see them in January and February in Perth and suspect it is just too hot. I squish them and their caterpillars, turning them back into the soil. Species: Pieris rapae Identification: Adult: Eggs: Caterpillar: Damage:…
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