Any Idea What These Evil Worms Are?

JosephineRose · October 27, 2021

My best friend has a massive garden up in Humboldt County and this pest has completely ravaged her cabbages. It is not the Cabbage Looper.

She said the plants are completely infested and they drop off the plant in bunches like something out of a horror movie. Any idea?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/71JDuMQxtcg

bjbebs · October 27, 2021

I'm sure it's a brassica worm of some kind. I've seen something similar in an Atlanta garden. Give BT a try.

jungle · October 28, 2021

Millipedes live primarily outdoors in soil and decaying vegetation where they typically feed on decomposing plant material.

D.J. Wolf · October 29, 2021

I have no idea what kind of worm that is But I would say hit them with seven dust or liquid and watch them drop

October 27, 2021	#1
JosephineRose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: California Posts: 383	Any Idea What These Evil Worms Are? My best friend has a massive garden up in Humboldt County and this pest has completely ravaged her cabbages. It is not the Cabbage Looper. She said the plants are completely infested and they drop off the plant in bunches like something out of a horror movie. Any idea? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/71JDuMQxtcg Last edited by JosephineRose; October 27, 2021 at 05:00 PM.

October 29, 2021	#4
D.J. Wolf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Illinois Posts: 199	I have no idea what kind of worm that is But I would say hit them with seven dust or liquid and watch them drop __________________ Kevin (aka the DJ)

October 27, 2021	#2
bjbebs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: illinois Posts: 281	I'm sure it's a brassica worm of some kind. I've seen something similar in an Atlanta garden. Give BT a try.

October 28, 2021	#3
jungle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Michigan Posts: 2	Millipedes live primarily outdoors in soil and decaying vegetation where they typically feed on decomposing plant material.