Lil Urban Farm

Day: May 23, 2025

  • Two Types of Cabbage Worm You Might Encounter

    Two Types of Cabbage Worm You Might Encounter

    I’m talking about cabbage pests again because now I have the other type making a salad bar out of my cabbages.

    Here are the two types of cabbage worms you will most likely encounter and a few organic suggestions for protecting your garden from their destruction.

    CABBAGE WORM:

    The cabbage worm, which is the caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly, can be a dangerous pest in your garden.

    The green cabbage worm, which is the caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly, can be a dangerous pest in your garden. There is another green one called a Cabbage Looper, which inches along by arching its back.

    CROSS-STRIPPED CABBAGE WORM:

    If you find holes in your cabbage leaves, it may be this cabbage worm causing the damage.

    Equally destructive, the cross-striped cabbage worm is the caterpillar of brown moth and there are usually dozens of them on one plant.

    Prevention includes hand picking them off, exclusion using an insect netting, or spraying Bt (an organic bacteria and not harmful not chemicals). 

    PRODUCTS SUGGESTED IN THIS VIDEO FOR PREVENTION:

    Little Urban Farm recommends Bt bacterium (bacillus thuringiensisi) for stopping garden caterpillars

    Bt Spray Bacterium
    (bacillus thuringiensis)

    Lil Urban Farm recommends garden mesh netting to stop bugs in the garden

    Garden Mesh Netting