I wish I knew, James. There are SO! many caterpillars that look like that, I can't separate them. It's undoubtedly some type of looper/inchworm, and it'll definitely make some type of moth.

Sherry

Thanks, Sherry. I was just hoping it wasn't some beetle larva.

Sure looks like a cabbage looper! Those caterpillars are a pest of plants in the Apiaceae family as well as the Brassicas.

They can strip your plant to a few naked stems if you let them. But, hey, they aren't beetle larvae! ;-)

I read on a site, about growing Nasturtium as a companion plant to Cabbages, to tempt the Butterflies on to the Nasturtium instead. I haven't tried it, because I haven't tried growing cabbages before. This year I have some seedlings growing, but mostly for the the butterflies. I do have some seeds of the Nasturtium, which I do plan to plant tomorrow to see.