Pieris rapae -- imported cabbage worms (enjoying their last meals), Boulder, Colorado.
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Paul Burnett · 19 September 2011
I don't know about the caterpillars, but that ain't no cabbage! Looks more like chard - see, for instance, http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/1187083
Paul Burnett · 19 September 2011
Paul Burnett said:
I don't know about the caterpillars, but that ain't no cabbage! Looks more like chard - see, for instance, http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/1187083
...or rhubarb? See http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Blogs/yum/Summer-2011/Rhubarb-a-Rebop/Rhubarb2.jpg
Matt Young · 19 September 2011
Alas, I do not remember what plant it is - certainly not chard and not an ornamental, because it is edible. I think, however, that the caterpillar is the imported cabbage worm.
apokryltaros · 19 September 2011
The caterpillar is definitely that of a European Cabbage butterfly: the plant might be that of a beet, or swiss chard.
4 Comments
Paul Burnett · 19 September 2011
I don't know about the caterpillars, but that ain't no cabbage! Looks more like chard - see, for instance, http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/1187083
Paul Burnett · 19 September 2011
Matt Young · 19 September 2011
Alas, I do not remember what plant it is - certainly not chard and not an ornamental, because it is edible. I think, however, that the caterpillar is the imported cabbage worm.
apokryltaros · 19 September 2011
The caterpillar is definitely that of a European Cabbage butterfly: the plant might be that of a beet, or swiss chard.