[Geordie]

Found this critter today amongst my leek leaves today.

Anyone know if this is leek moth caterpillar?

Cheers

[Yorkie]

I don't think so:

http://web.entomology.cornell.edu/shelton/leek-moth/description.html

(Don't know what it is, though).

[Beetroot Queen]

Cor what an ugly bug that is.
Did you squish it.
No idea what it is apart from ugly. Looks like one of those things they eat on i'm a celeb. It looks really big too what sort of size was it

[Geordie]

About 2cm long and yes it was squished! 

[Mother-Hen]

I think it was a a yellow underwing or cutworms, they are undesirable as the will eat any low growing foliage including cabbage.

[gobs]

I don't know the name right now, but it is the commonest vermin in the garden...

[Sparkyrog]

Looks like a leatherjacket to me they are crane fly (daddy longlegs) larvae 

[sunshineband]

It is an Angle Shades moth caterpillar.

Although it would eat a bit of the leek leaves, they rarely cause a great deal of damage.


No real cause for alarm luckily 

[Beetroot Queen]

Looks like a leatherjacket to me they are crane fly (daddy longlegs) larvae 

I thought billy bakers were crane fly larvae 

[Sparkyrog]

Looks like a leatherjacket to me they are crane fly (daddy longlegs) larvae 

I thought billy bakers were crane fly larvae 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly 

[Beetroot Queen]

Looks like a leatherjacket to me they are crane fly (daddy longlegs) larvae 

I thought billy bakers were crane fly larvae 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly 

Oh 

[8doubles]

I believe leatherjackets are less well endowed in the leg department.......................none !

[sunshineband]

It is an Angle Shades moth caterpillar.

Although it would eat a bit of the leek leaves, they rarely cause a great deal of damage.


No real cause for alarm luckily 

Going back a bit ....... 

[Totty]

I've had he same thing rip through more or less every crop this year. Whatever it is, definetly is cause for concern.

Totty

[sunshineband]

I've had he same thing rip through more or less every crop this year. Whatever it is, definetly is cause for concern.

Totty

You must have had a population explosion.   

Usually they are not that numerous