The Wife (TM) has been finding green caterpillars munching on the leaves of her beans. Can anyone identify what this caterpillar was, just before She whacked it? It was about 1/2 inch long. Is there a Weapon of Mass Destruction that will kill any that are still lurking? We are in Eastern Ontario. Here is a URL where you may see the beast:
Larval forms of insects. "worms" ;caterpillars"etc can be controlled by applying a spray of BT--a biological pesticide derivered from a bacterium.
It look to me like the larvae of the black swallowtail butterfly:
Actually, I'm jealous...I haven't seen any of these guys yet this year, probably due to last year's drought and this year's cold wet spring, and I miss them. The only visitors I have to my butterfly bushes are the ubiquitous cabbage whites.
Cheers, Sue
Hey, that worm has relatives in my garden eating my tender cabbage plants. I garden to the West of Ottawa near the village of Barry's Bay. It looks like the larval stage of the white cabbage moth. What a rotten pest. I use BT powder. Ritchie Feed and Seed has BT. Good luck
Farmer John
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