General name for any of the caterpillars or larvae that feed on cabbage and other brassicas. Specific pests include: Cabbage Caterpillar Small White Large White Southern cabbage butterfly Green-veined white Cabbage Looper Cabbage Webworm Diamondback Moth Leaf miner Imported Cabbageworm
Also known as: cabbage fly cabbage root fly root fly turnip fly root maggot Please see “Delia Species” for information on this pest.
Green caterpillars that chew large holes in leaves; handpick – not seriously damaging. Physical Description Google images Green caterpillar that inches along. Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Trichoplusia ni Lifecycle Plants Affected Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant Leaves Large holes chewed in leaves […]
Also known as: Cabbage butterfly Cabbage white Large cabbage white generally as cabbage worm Physical Description Google image search caterpillars of Large White, Small White and Cabbage Moths. Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Pieris brassicae Lifecycle Plants Affected cabbages Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant […]
common pest of cabbage crops
In Peppers grown under cover, whitefly populations can get up to great numbers (VGPS)
cause yellow stippling on leaves; look closely at leaves for small dark specks and webbing on leaf undersides. (VGPS) under cover, peppers can suffer from bad infestations of Red Spider Mite. (GV) Big-Eyed Bugs (Geocoris spp of the Lygaeid family) love to eat many pests, such as flea beetles, spider mites, insect eggs and small caterpillars. […]
stub
Flea beetles, part of the Chrysomelidae family,are tiny black or brown-bronze beetles that jump like a flea, and leave tiny holes or divots in the leaves. They seem to especially love eggplant leaves. Fruits, like eggplant, also get damaged with scarring from the flea beetles feeding. Productivity is also reduced because they love the new leaves, growing tips […]
often cut new transplants or seedlings off cleanly near soil level green caterpillars that chew large holes in leaves (RGVPS) note: more of a brown than a green, to me Google Images handpick