Cabbage Looper

Description:

Adult Forewings of the cabbage looper adult are grayish to dark brown with a silvery spot near the center; hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is 33-38 mm. Immature stages Eggs are a flattened round shape (0.6 mm wide by 0.4 mm high) with fine ridges from top to bottom. Larvae are light to dark green with a light longitudinal stripe on either side of the body and two pair of abdominal prolegs. The body is thick, tapers toward the head and the larvae crawl in a looping fashion, arching the middle portion of the body. Larvae may reach a length of 35 mm, which makes it one of the larger larvae found on vegetable crops. This one was bright green and about 10 millimeters long.

Notes:

This guy was chewing on my lettuce.