AT A GLANCE
Nasturtiums are mainly attacked by caterpillars of the large and small cabbage white. You can collect the caterpillars, use natural insecticides, or use intercropping and protective netting to prevent infestation.
Which caterpillar eats nasturtium?
It's mainly them Cabbage white caterpillars, the Nasturtium wolf down. If you notice holed or completely eaten leaves on your plant, you can be very sure that it is damage caused by this pest.
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Also the Small Cabbage White can attack nasturtium. As the name suggests, it differs from the large mainly by the smaller size Cabbage White. However, it is similarly voracious and also keen on nasturtiums and cabbages.
What to do against caterpillars on the nasturtium?
You can remove the caterpillars from your nasturtium collect. Since the young cabbage whites are usually found in large groups on the infested plants, this method is usually easy to implement.
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insecticides for optional. You should use sprays that natural active ingredients and thus protect bees and other beneficial insects. Please refrain from using chemicals.How to protect nasturtium from caterpillars?
To protect the nasturtium from cabbage white caterpillars, you can, for example plant in mixed cultures. By signing up for suitable partner plants decide to reduce the risk of infestation.
As a further preventive measure, it is advisable to protective nets to attach around the nasturtium. The targeted promotion of natural predators cabbage white, which includes the parasitic wasp, can help.
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This is how you can recognize cabbage white caterpillars on your nasturtium
The grown big one Cabbage White is a pretty butterfly to look at. That's why you wouldn't even consider it or its larvae to be pests if you didn't know better. The voracious caterpillars of the cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) have a yellow-green body with black spots and fine white hairs and are up to four centimeters long.