Cabbage Looper

Scientific name: Trichoplusia ni (Hubner)
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Facts: The cabbage looper is a green caterpillar with white stripes down the back. They have only three pairs of fleshy prolegs (legs on the abdomen) and loop when crawling. They grow to 1 1/4 inches long. Adults are a brown moth with sucking mouthparts.

Photo credit: Extension Entomology, Texas A&M University