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Talkback: Butterfly chrysalis
, and others usually as either caterpillars or chrysalides. Five winter as adults: peacock, small tortoiseshell, comma, red admiral and brimstone. It is only the migrants -- painted ladies, clouded yellows, Camberwell beauties -- that die off completely to re by hereisabee
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28/11/2011 18:40:08
by Michelle
Talkback: Plume moths
I'm hoping someone will buy me a moth trap for Christmas Richard, or at least the electrics so I can make one. We get loads of moths and caterpillars in our garden but I can never identify them... I found a beautiful moth in my greenhouse yesterday by debbiemackenzie
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28/11/2011 18:43:59
by donutsmrs
Help needed identifying pest on tree
to me. Anyone got any idea what this is and what I can do. Any advice is much appreciated. Your leaves have probably been eaten by caterpillars of some sort. There's not much that you can do about them other than pick them off when you see them by Richard Stack
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11/05/2012 21:44:32
by Alina W
Purple sprouting disaster
the plants would become.  They went mad very quickly, I diligently picked off the caterpillars every day and fed them to the chickens much to my son's delight!  The plants have become so huge most of them collapsed but have still had plenty of life.  Today by VegVirgin
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21/02/2012 10:36:33
by Ju3
fruit trees
turn into caterpillars which eat the leaves. On occasion they have stripped the leaves of my cherry tree almost completely - but grease bands do prevent this happening. You can buy them from most garden centres in the autumn. THere's more information by glassback
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09/05/2012 16:49:38
by glassback
unidentified pest eggs
what emerges, but bear in mind caterpillars of the Large White can defoliate a plant in mere days! by Mizz
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05/06/2012 16:08:56
by BobTheGardener
Raspberry Plants Please Help!
the aphids. Uncurl a leaf-what do you see?-if it isn't aphid it might be a caterpillar I doubt that ants are responsible for the damage on your clematis either. by flossy1970
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02/08/2012 14:59:07
by sotongeoff
Mr Bean - SuperMarrow Video
in fairy stories - 'be kind to the animals and they will help you'. As the caterpillars, who were the heroes of the story, did in that tale. by Insomnia1973
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18/07/2012 05:47:23
by Gary Hobson
Novice veg grower needing help
Hi I have just started to grow vegetables this year and have been successful with most of it. However, something has been eating my cauliflowers. I have had the caterpillars from the cabbage whites which I have kept in check . The main problem by Mandy12
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29/08/2012 18:09:21
by Mandy12
Brocoli flowering & catapillars on fruit and veg.
,should I cut each flowering head off or any suggestions. On my rasperrys and blackberries plants I have sprayed with repellant but still catapillars exist. Please reply Gerry. Not sure what you mean about a repellent for caterpillars? Have the bushes by Gerry5
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13/09/2012 21:48:58
by sotongeoff