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Cabbage Looper - Damage to Cabbage/Crucifers

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The larva is the damaging stage of the cabbage looper. The young larvae feed between the veins on the undersides of leaves. Large larvae make ragged holes in the foliage and move to the center of the plant where feeding generally occurs at the base of the cabbage head. Large loopers can also burrow through three to six layers of tightly wrapped head leaves.

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Some information on this page taken from Insects of Crucifers: Cornell Cooperative Extension factsheet number 102GFS751.00 authored by J. T. Andaloro and A. M. Shelton.

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