the most common is the imported cabbageworm. Others, such as the cabbage looper and diamondback moth larvae, cause similar damage and can also be controlled with the methods described below.

There are four species in our area, including imported cabbage worm, cabbage looper, diamondback moth and cross-striped cabbage worm. Because they all look similar, cause similar damage and are ...

Common pests include aphids, thrips, flea beetles, cutworms, cabbage loopers, and imported cabbage worms. Based on the description “large striped bug,” let’s first rule out some of the insects above.

The most common and damaging cole crop caterpillars are imported cabbageworm, diamondback moth and cabbage looper. They are all from the Order Lepidoptera. You are more likely to see the damage ...

Cabbage loopers, webworms, mosquitoes and fire ants are prevalent pests in our landscapes this month. If you have planted cabbage, broccoli, and other greens by transplant, it’s a given that ...

If you have some time to enter the Lilliputian world of an insect, spend a few moments and gaze with amazement at the strange locomotion of the cabbage looper. Of all the creatures of Creation ...

If you want to naturally deter pests like cabbage loopers and flea beetles, here are 10 companion plants that grow even better next to sage. Sage grows as a perennial in most areas, so you might ...

Leave them in the garden too long and they’ll begin to sun scald and split. Cabbage loopers are the major threat to this crop. The adult form, which you’ll see fairly early in the spring ...

Cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia ni) are among the most common looper caterpillars. They’re members of the noctuid moth family and cutworms and army worms. These green 1 1/2-inch-long larvae chomp ...

Q. Our yard is loaded with butterflies but we also have cabbage loopers on our broccoli plants. We want to protect the broccoli but minimize damage to the butterflies. Is it a Catch-22 situation?