Find the Insect IX

Can you find the insect in the above picture?

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This is a Small Cabbage White caterpillar that is hiding in and eating our kale. This particular caterpillar is probably the most destructive of all of the caterpillars, devouring cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale and kohlrabi. We also have Large Cabbage White caterpillars - you can see one in the picture below. It's surprising just how many caterpillars there are. However, there were an abundance of their associated moths all over our yard this summer, so I guess it stands to reason why there are so many caterpillars now.

The best solution is to remove the caterpillars by hand. This is what Emilie and I have been doing, as you can see in the picture below and this was just one picking session. We've done this numerous times and removed as many, if not more each time. Now, I bet your asking yourself what do we do with these pests once picked - well, Lucy, Ethel and New Honey absolutely LOVE them and devour them! We've also feed some to a couple frogs we found in our pool and kept for several days and they too loved them. I will need to make more of an effort to catch the moths next summer before they mate and lay their eggs...