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I need ID of a caterpillar / Thin, pale green and slim
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bunnybekkie
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: I need ID of a caterpillar / Thin, pale green and slim |
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It's hard to get a photo of, but he's pretty easy to describe. He's thin, pale green and slim. Only seems to have legs at the front near his head end, and at the bottom end. When he moves, he arches up, then goes back down, doesn't move like the cabbage whites do. He flicks his head abut when he's sat still too. I'm pretty scared to touch it and move it to be honest. I don't want it to harm any of my cabbage whites. Is it parasited maybe?? Seems quite aggressive 
Please help
Bekkie x
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
without a photo or knowing where you saw the caterpillar it is hard to make an accurate guess.
Try this site and see if you can find it there.
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bunnybekkie
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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It's in a tank heeheeheee!! I've probably brought the egg/caterpillar in on a cabbage leaf.
I'll try and get a photo, but I seem to have lost it in the tank now.
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bunnybekkie
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like the pink inchworm... But green...
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Your caterpillar sounds like a Cabbage Looper from your description.
Here's one for you to look at:
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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If its a cabbage looper just Kill it.
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bunnybekkie
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh that's it!! A cabbage looper 
Thank you
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