I usually campaign against caterpillars because they tend to destroy plants I like. Well, this caterpillar did indeed consume part of one of my favourite red caladiums, but what it had in its favour was that I thought it was … Continue reading
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Learn from my hard-won lessons. It’s caterpillar season again, and short of frequent examinations of the undersides of all the leaves of our most susceptible plants, it’s really difficult to find and remove offending caterpillars until they’ve already done significant … Continue reading
I’ve been keeping both eyes on the angled loofah plant ever since caterpillars started feasting on the flower buds several weeks ago. They seemed to have given up, so I was happy – especially as the two vines grew bigger … Continue reading
Lots of new plants apparently mean the introduction of new caterpillars, among other things. Here are a few of the caterpillars spotted lately: Now, I’m no expert on caterpillars, so I can’t offer names for these little visitors, but I … Continue reading