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Caterpillar ID

pugslovesunpugslovesun Posts: 300
in Wildlife gardening
Can anyone confirm if this is a Sawfly caterpillar?
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Could be,  I have similar on my Mullein plants,  I grow them especially for the caterpillars. 
    There are a few very similar,  I don’t know which is which. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @wild edges might know …

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





  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited June 2023
    They look very similar to Cabbage White caterpillars.

    Mr Edges will confirm I'm sure 👍
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    Lyn said:
    Could be,  I have similar on my Mullein plants,  I grow them especially for the caterpillars. 
    There are a few very similar,  I don’t know which is which. 

    We have these on our Mullein: https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/the-mullein

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Caterpillars can often get an ID from the plant they're on, what is it?
    I don't think they're Mullein Moth


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    I think Mullein caterpillars are usually a bit chubbier ?  Mine haven't appeared yet on either of my plants.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Sheps said:
    They look very similar to Cabbage White caterpillars.

    Mr Edges will confirm I'm sure 👍
    They look like large whites to me too. I can't tell what plant they're on but they're not totally strict on munching brassicas.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    And of course some ornamentals are also brassicas … Cabbage Whites are partial to a bit of Hesperis Matronalis from time to time 🙄 

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





  • parkgatemanparkgateman Posts: 50
    Puslovesun that photo of the caterpillars are what I have on my Cauliflowers . loads of them . I saw a cabbage butterfly flying around them a week or so ago . 
  • pugslovesunpugslovesun Posts: 300
    Hi, I didn’t get any notifications that there were replies & have been away. Thanks everyone.

    The plant is Hesperis Matronslis. They are probably whites then. Thanks again
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