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Post by roofgardener on Sept 14, 2015 11:00:34 GMT
Does anyone have any idea what this little chap might be ?  (click to enlarge). It is very close to one of my capsicum plants that has suffered severe leaf-damage. (eaten away, in the style of a caterpillar). Could this be responsible, or is it just an innocent bystander ? (amazing camoutflage.. it REALLY looks like a leaf from any distance). |
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Post by Ian k on Sept 14, 2015 17:54:29 GMT
Hi roofgardener the butterfly looks like a cabbage white ,
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 14, 2015 18:23:40 GMT
A small white.....
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Post by daitheplant on Sept 14, 2015 19:11:15 GMT
I would say Cabbage White.
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 14, 2015 19:24:58 GMT
That is a small or large white ....cabbage white is a nickname.......
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Post by roofgardener on Sept 14, 2015 19:51:54 GMT
Cool - thanks for that.
Now....
Does it eat Capsicum leaves ?
Or Brussel Sprouts ?
One thought... on Google, all of the "Cabbage White" butterflies are.. well.. white ?
This one is green ?
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Post by dianthus on Sept 15, 2015 15:09:48 GMT
Trust you to be different, Roofy  
They love laying their eggs on Brassica leaves, but one summer, they also decimated the nasturtiums that I'd grown in my hanging baskets. I haven't grown them since, as I do see a lot of Small Whites flitting about. |
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Post by Cherry on Sept 15, 2015 15:39:50 GMT
My nasturtiums were eaten by caterpillars. Would these be the caterpillars of the cabbage white?
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 15, 2015 16:12:09 GMT
Are they yellow and black stripes? if so, they will be the caterpillars of the large or small white.....
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Post by daitheplant on Sept 15, 2015 20:08:20 GMT
That is a small or large white ....cabbage white is a nickname....... Der, I know that Lou. Actually it is NOT a nickname, it is the COMMON name. |
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Post by Lou78W on Sept 16, 2015 6:30:40 GMT
same difference....
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Post by Cherry on Sept 16, 2015 7:42:17 GMT
Yes Lou78W. They are the ones. I just let them go and thought I would not grow nasturtiums next year. |
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Post by SueA on Sept 16, 2015 8:09:46 GMT
roofgardener , that looks like a small white butterfly, the reason it doesn't look 'white' on your pic. is it's got it's wings folded up & the undersides are a pale yellowy/green colour, when it flew off you would be able to see that the the other side of it's wings are white with a small black dot. The butterfly wouldn't eat any of your plants but it's caterpillars would certainly eat your brussel sprouts, the small white caterpillars are quite small & fairly bright green so that they're camouflaged against the leaves, I've found several of the little devils hiding right in the centre of the tiny cabbage seedlings I got for £1 because they had been nibbled by more visible large white butterfly caterpillars which are larger, hairy & black/yellowish striped. I'm not sure if their caterpillars would eat your pepper leaves as they usually stick to the brassica family but I suppose they could. edit - for some reason I typed small white 'caterpillar' in the first line instead of butterfly?!?
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Post by dianthus on Sept 16, 2015 12:30:49 GMT
Yes Lou78W. They are the ones. I just let them go and thought I would not grow nasturtiums next year. Same here. Some things are just too much of a fight, and you have to work with nature.  |
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Post by roofgardener on Sept 16, 2015 14:07:42 GMT
Bah..... to heck with Nature. My Roof-based technology will overcome these butterflies. Oookay... here's plan A.  It's a bit manpower-intensive, but they can always be doing weeding when not searching for butterflies ! |
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