Bug I.D Please

**rustylady** · 23-09-2010, 09:23 AM

Looks like a chrysalis (resting stage) of a caterpillar. Could be cabbage white - have you had much caterpillar damage?

**ginger ninger** · 23-09-2010, 09:30 AM

Yup, it's only tiny (1cm) and it moves round a bit like a leach.

**Hilary B** · 24-09-2010, 10:06 AM

Bit small for a cabbage white crysallis, and not really caterpillar 'shape'.
NOT a ladybird larva (even a Harlequin).
Are there holes in nearby leaves? If not, I'd leave it alone, if you've got holes, get rid of it.....

**ginger ninger** · 24-09-2010, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by Hilary B View Post

Bit small for a cabbage white crysallis, and not really caterpillar 'shape'.
NOT a ladybird larva (even a Harlequin).
Are there holes in nearby leaves? If not, I'd leave it alone, if you've got holes, get rid of it.....

Mi leaves are peppered with holes H.B. I've had a mega problem with cabbage whites this year. I've also had lots of Angel wing moth caterpillars...now they do eat everything in sight, grrrrrr. I'm still a bit reluctance to squidge them until I can properly I.D them. I don't think there causing the holes to be honest. So for now they've been reprieved

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