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  1. Newly hatched larvae are green, ranging from green to brown – or even almost black as they mature. Older larvae have a dusky dorsal stripe, speckled with white and a yellowish, light green or dusky brown stripe low down on the sides. The larvae are 40–50 mm long when fully grown.
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    Newly hatched larvae are green, ranging from green to brown – or even almost black as they mature. Older larvae have a dusky dorsal stripe, speckled with white and a yellowish, light green or dusky brown stripe low down on the sides. The larvae are 40–50 mm long when fully grown.
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    First- and second-instar larvae are about 3-10 mm long, greenish and more or less translucent with black hairs on black warts. First-instar larvae have a black head capsule, but after the first moulting it turns light brown.
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    Small larvae feed on the underside of the external leaves where they make small perforations. As the larvae grow older, the feeding holes become larger. Severe infestations of small larvae may rapidly skeletonize the leaves, and can sometimes destroy small plants.
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    The larvae are polyphagous (especially on herbs). Mamestra brassicae inhabits farmland, gardens, ruderal terrain and many other quite nutrient-rich habitats in the open country. Mamestra brassicae usually has two generations from late May to September. The pupa overwinters.
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