cabbage looper
noun
: a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white-striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants
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Plant These Herbs to Grow Together a Flavorful Container Garden 02 Brassicas with Strawberries Brassicas, including broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts, are often targeted by cabbage loopers, which can riddle their leaves with holes.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
Specifically, strawberries that are grown near brassica plants are much more likely to develop cabbage looper infestations.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
If damage from cabbage loopers appears, quickly apply a Bt product such as Bio Worm Control or Dipel to control the caterpillars.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
Corn earworms, cabbage loopers, aphids, and flea beetles may also become a problem.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms, and cutworms.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
One key is to limit insecticidal spraying to a specific target such as stink bugs on your peaches or cabbage loopers on your broccoli.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
Garlic deters rabbits as well as tree borers, aphids, cabbage looper, codling moths, Japanese beetles, snails, carrot root flies, ants and cabbage maggots.
—OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
Specifically, strawberries that are grown near brassica plants are much more likely to develop cabbage looper infestations.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
If damage from cabbage loopers appears, quickly apply a Bt product such as Bio Worm Control or Dipel to control the caterpillars.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
Corn earworms, cabbage loopers, aphids, and flea beetles may also become a problem.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2018
Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms, and cutworms.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
One key is to limit insecticidal spraying to a specific target such as stink bugs on your peaches or cabbage loopers on your broccoli.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
Garlic deters rabbits as well as tree borers, aphids, cabbage looper, codling moths, Japanese beetles, snails, carrot root flies, ants and cabbage maggots.
—OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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1895, in the meaning defined above
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