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What pest has devastated my cauliflower crop? The larvae is grey on top (ridge-like) bordered by black stripes on either side, yellow on it's unders...
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Cauliflower Pest #570439
Asked June 14, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT
What pest has devastated my cauliflower crop? The larvae is grey on top (ridge-like) bordered by black stripes on either side, yellow on it's underside and has an orange head.
Baltimore County Maryland
Expert Response
This is a cross-striped cabbageworm. https://bugguide.net/node/view/11183/bgimage
You can hand pick and discard the caterpillars. To prevent them from getting on your cauliflower and other cole crops in the future, consider covering your plants with a floating row cover fabric. Refer to the following pages for more information.
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Cross-Striped-Cabbage-Wor...
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/floating-row-cover
Christa
You can hand pick and discard the caterpillars. To prevent them from getting on your cauliflower and other cole crops in the future, consider covering your plants with a floating row cover fabric. Refer to the following pages for more information.
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Cross-Striped-Cabbage-Wor...
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/floating-row-cover
Christa
