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Can caterpillars make cobwebs?

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BroccoliSpears · 17/10/2007 10:36

My oregano was doing beautifully in a pot on the patio over the summer. When it got colder I moved it into the porch, where it went brown and dead looking within a week. I wondered if the porch was still too cold and so moved it into the kitchen where it continued to die. Today I noticed that the mint and lemon balm on either side of it were also dying.

I investigated and they're all three covered in cobwebby stuff. I found one green caterpillar in the oregano. Near the soil they're all mulchy as though they have been left for years.

Any ideas anyone? Can I save them?

I've cut off all the dead bits as far as I can.

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binkleandflip · 17/10/2007 10:37

they spin silk dont they? With their little spinarets?

To make a cocoon ie chrysalis?

Where were you in biology lady?

BroccoliSpears · 17/10/2007 10:50

I was mostly trying to set fire to things with the bunsen burners .

So that one little bastardy caterpillar has chrysalissed all over my herbs?

Nooooooooo!

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binkleandflip · 17/10/2007 11:04

I dont know, I'm a bit rusty on 'output per caterpillar stats'

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