CABBAGEWORMS IMPORTED CABBAGEWORM, CABBAGE LOOPER, DIAMONDBACK MOTH AND OTHER CULPRITS.(Spotlight on Home and Gardening)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: July 11, 1998| Author: Cranshaw, Whitney; Professor | Copyright information

Byline: Whitney Cranshaw, professor and extension specialist of entomology at Colorado State University.

Where you will find them: Few, if any, garden plants are more consistently infested by ``worms'' than are members of the cabbage family - broccoli, mustards, cabbage and the like. These are caterpillars, immature stages of various moths and butterflies, that chew holes in leaves and not infrequently find themselves cooked up with a garden-grown dinner.

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