i never saw this before!

tjg911 · June 15, 2012

one of my 9 cabbage plants showed signs of a cat eating the inner leaves that were forming a head. must be cabbage lopper cats and i forgot to get the bt when i saw it this am. so late in the afternoon when i was spreading leaves i went over and looked in the leaf curls. there was something dark so i stuck my thumb and index finger in, felt a really fat soft thing and pulled out a fat cat. but instead of it being green (cabbage lopper) it was brownish green - a big fat cut worm an inch long! normally they cut down young plants but this one was nestled in the forming head. this was quite a surprise, i have never seen a cut worm in a cabbage plant!

tom

June 15, 2012	#1
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	i never saw this before! one of my 9 cabbage plants showed signs of a cat eating the inner leaves that were forming a head. must be cabbage lopper cats and i forgot to get the bt when i saw it this am. so late in the afternoon when i was spreading leaves i went over and looked in the leaf curls. there was something dark so i stuck my thumb and index finger in, felt a really fat soft thing and pulled out a fat cat. but instead of it being green (cabbage lopper) it was brownish green - a big fat cut worm an inch long! normally they cut down young plants but this one was nestled in the forming head. this was quite a surprise, i have never seen a cut worm in a cabbage plant! tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

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