Definition of cabbage looper
: a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white-striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants
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One key is to limit insecticidal spraying to a specific target such as stink bugs on your peaches or cabbage loopers on your broccoli.
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Garlic deters rabbits as well as tree borers, aphids, cabbage looper, codling moths, Japanese beetles, snails, carrot root flies, ants and cabbage maggots.
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First Known Use of cabbage looper
1895
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