Pests - Cabbage white butterfly/caterpillars
A serious pest of all members of the cabbage family, these destructive caterpillars are green with a faint yellow stripe down the back and along each side. They attack cabbages, broccoli, nasturtiums, stocks, wallflowers and watercress. They feed ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Caterpillars: especially Australian ones
Caterpillars have several thousand muscles (humans only have about 500) Caterpillars from the family TORTRICIDAE can move backwards faster than they can move forwards. Caterpillars from most species in the family SPHINGIDAE have a wicked-looking ... [... more]
usyd.edu.au |
Yates Ready to Use Pyrethrum
Judy is often asked whether it is worth trying to get rid of caterpillars. Sometimes the answer is: 'Don't worry, one or two caterpillars won't eat much and there is always the chance that they will turn into beautiful butterflies'. But there is ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Pests - Borer
Borers are caterpillars that attack many types of shrubs and trees, often entering at points of injury. The grubs tunnel into the plant leaving a mass of sawdust. Sometimes gum oozes from the wound. Odd branches or whole trees may be ring-barked ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Pests - Orange palmdart butterfly
These orange and brown butterflies lay their eggs on a number of palm species. The translucent caterpillars have a prominent brown head and grow to about 70mm long. They shelter by day by enclosing themselves in a section of frond held together ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Velvet worms
Velvet worms belong to a phylum of their own, the Onychophora, meaning 'claw-bearers'. They are small, terrestrial (land-dwelling) worms that look rather like caterpillars, with antennae and clawed legs down the whole length of their bodies. They ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Lichen Moths
Banded Lichen Moth caterpillars grow to 13 mm, and come in tufted and non-tufted forms. Adult moths have a wingspan of 25 mm - 30 mm, and are variegated orange and black. Australia has over 215 species of lichen moths. These are placed in the ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Family Limacodidae
Cup moths (Family Limacodidae) are named for the cup-like cocoons that their caterpillars spin. Their slug-like and brightly coloured caterpillars have also been given various names such as Chinese Junks, Spitfires, Battleships or Warships ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Denise Shimabukuro
Prilla just can't say no. When Nettle asks her to join in on caterpillar sheering for the second day in a row, Prilla tells a little white lie-she prefers butterflies to caterpillars. Then all the butterfly-herding talent fairies come down with a ... [... more]
Random House |
Clare Jarrett
When Arabella Miller finds a tiny caterpillar, she brings him home and feeds him lots and lots of leaves. Soon the not-so-tiny caterpillar sheds his skin and disappears inside his chrysalis. Arabella misses... Written by Clare Jarrett, ... [... more]
Random House |
Imperial Blue Butterfly
John Dengate came across a caterpillar covered by a swarm of ants. At first glance it seemed as though the ants were killing the caterpillar, but as John explained, these two insects have a very special relationship. The Imperial blue butterfly ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Caterpillar on Clivias
The lily caterpillar seems to have increased in numbers and horticultural importance along with the increased popularity of mass-planted crinum or spider lilies (Crinum pedunculatum) and clivias (Clivia miniata). Don looked at a mass planting of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
