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Which worm is this, how to get rid of it?

coure.201136nJR30ycoure.201136nJR30y Posts: 4
in Fruit & veg
Hi,

Today I found this worm (black and yellow)

on my grape plant's leave. Can someone please tell me what worm is this? Is it safe and if not how I can get rid of it organically?

I have a lawn containing misc. fruit trees and also a separate area for some vegetables (just a few weeks old), so I m worried about it.

thanks
Coure.
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello Coure and welcome to the forum. The little creature on your grape leaf is not a worm but a caterpillar. Its difficult to identify which species it is the larva of but it is easy enough for you to just pick it off and dispose of it.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    As @Ladybird4 says, it's a caterpillar. Probably the best way to deal with them organically is to go round checking the plants every day (or evening) and picking them off. There is also a biological control mentioned in this article 
    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/caterpillars/
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    One caterpillar may not be a problem, but when he invites all his mates round for a party it can be a different matter.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    It seems a but early here for caterpillars, sort of looks like the common cabbage white.
    Are you in the UK?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    KT53 said:
    One caterpillar may not be a problem, but when he invites all his mates round for a party it can be a different matter.
    Gotta love a Butterfly Ball @KT53


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WillowBarkWillowBark Posts: 243
    If you do decide to pick the caterpillar off your plant, make sure that you wear gardening gloves when you do it. Those little hairs on his body will make you itch and give you a rash. He doesn't want to be picked off or eaten by a bird, so he's defending himself (the black and yellow colours are also another warning signal to "predators" - which as far as he is concerned is what we are).
  • coure.201136nJR30ycoure.201136nJR30y Posts: 4
    Thanks all :)

    I m totally new to this field so plz bear with me. Its just the start of my new habit... Gardening!!!
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Gardening is great so you have ots to look forward to and learn - including getting on with wildlife.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2021
    coure.201136nJR30y said:
    Thanks all :)

    I m totally new to this field so plz bear with me. Its just the start of my new habit... Gardening!!!
    Welcome to the club @coure.201136nJR30y
    😊

    🐛 🦋 🕷 🦗 🌱 🌺 🌳 🦅 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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