Cabbage Looper Caterpillar

"Trichoplusia ni larva" by Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia, United States . Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trichoplusia_ni_larva.jpg#/media/File:Trichoplusia_ni_larva.jpg

About This Insect

Scientific Name: Trichoplusia ni
Food: cabbage and many other garden plants
What does it turn into?  See it here
Does it sting? No.
Will it destroy my garden? No -- not usually a problem.




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