Pest
Cabbage white caterpillarsCaterpillars eating cabbage leaves
Green and yellow caterpillars eating holes in the leaves, from midsummer.
When it shows up: Midsummer to early autumn
What to do
Keep fine netting over the plants from planting out.
Check under the leaves each week and pick them off.
Older plants usually grow out of the damage.
Helps prevent it
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Crops it affects
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