{"id":18355,"date":"2017-05-21T11:07:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18355"},"modified":"2017-05-21T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:07:53","slug":"caterpillar-brassicas-problems-and-cures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/caterpillar-brassicas-problems-and-cures\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterpillar Brassicas Problems and Cures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18356 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cabbage-white-butterfly-caterpillar-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Small Cabbage White Caterpillar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalnetacademy.edu.au\/controlling-cabbage-white-butterflies-in-tasmanian-vegetable-gardens-know-your-enemy\/\">(pic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Large Cabbage White Caterpillar are yellow with black markings<\/p>\n<h3>Caterpillar Problems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There are a large variety of caterpillar from different species of moths, butterflies and saw flies.<\/li>\n<li>Brassicas are particularly susceptible to three common types the large cabbage white butterfly, the small cabbage white butterfly and the cabbage moth respectively Pieris brassicae, Peiris rapae and Mamestra brassicae.<\/li>\n<li>Butterflies lay their eggs on the outer leaves of the brassica which hatch in 4 days to become voracious feeding larvae.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to eating irregular shaped holes in leaves they often burrow into the hearts of cabbages.<\/li>\n<li>Damage to plants will occur in April and October as the butterfly produces two generations per year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Caterpillar Control<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid the butterflies by netting the brassicas.<\/li>\n<li>Pick off any caterpillars by hand.<\/li>\n<li>Squash any eggs that are found under the leaves before they develop.<\/li>\n<li>Try a biological control from a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs in the caterpillars eg Cotesia glomerata<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Grazers natural formula is sprayed directly on to the foilage which helps protect the plant from damage.<\/li>\n<li>Spray with the contact pyrethroid insecticides but remember you plan to eat the brassica.<\/li>\n<li>Distract the butterflies by planting nasturtiums as an alternative breeding ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small Cabbage White Caterpillar (pic) Large Cabbage White Caterpillar are yellow with black markings Caterpillar Problems There are a large variety of caterpillar from different species of moths, butterflies and saw flies. Brassicas are particularly susceptible to three common types the large cabbage white butterfly, the small cabbage white butterfly and the cabbage moth respectively Pieris brassicae, Peiris rapae and Mamestra brassicae. Butterflies lay their eggs on the outer leaves of the brassica which hatch in 4 days to become&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/caterpillar-brassicas-problems-and-cures\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}