Not a white butterfly's offspring...

[1Bee]

Apart from the usual velvety green caterpillars hiding on the veins of my PSB, I've also got short, quite segmented grubs, often with a little silk over them, nestling where the leaves almost fold over. The appear singly, are about 1/2 an inch long, and quite pointed.

Do we know what they are? Do I need to worry about them, over and above the usual squish or flick patrols I'm doing?

Thanks!

[alldigging]

Photo needed...

Some here to ID ..

Caterpillars Section - UK Safari

[1Bee]

Sorry, photos still somewhat troublesome to obtain and post... :-/

[Penellype]

Could they be hoverfly larvae?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ho...&dpr=1#imgrc=_

Scroll down and you will see that not all are green.

[1Bee]

Oh damn. Yes, they look like the browner specimens.... but they've been eating the leaves, though? Oh, I do hope I haven't been squishing hoverfly babies...

[Penellype]

They shouldn't have been eating the leaves, if they are hoverflies. I made the same mistake with some on my white currant bush, which I found alongside sawfly larvae, who definitely were eating leaves.