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What are these? Friend or foe?

Discussion in 'Butterfly / Moth' started by Netty, Aug 14, 2010.

  1. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I found these on my Amaranthus caudatus yesterday.
    Anyone know what they are?
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    Netty, Aug 14, 2010
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    They look like Large White Butterfly larvae, more commonly known as the cabbage white, Netty.
     
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    You really have a large amount of them.I have lots of the passion flower
    cats but knowhere near the amount you have.
     
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    They look quite similar to catalpa worms. They eat all the leaves off our trees but do no harm to the tree itself.
     
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