hungry, hungry caterpillars
It's woolly caterpillar season.
These furry little pests are wreaking havoc in my front garden quicker than I can blink.
Here's one on a daisy leaf.
And another on a buddleia leaf.
Just look at what they've done to this plant.
Hungry, hungry caterpillars.
This is what I did to the one that fell at my feet.
These furry little pests are wreaking havoc in my front garden quicker than I can blink.
Here's one on a daisy leaf.
And another on a buddleia leaf.
Just look at what they've done to this plant.
Hungry, hungry caterpillars.
This is what I did to the one that fell at my feet.
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Do they really eat that much river? They look like they would grow into pretty butterflies.
ReplyDeleteI loves me a fuzzy spider, but I hate cateruglybuggers.
ReplyDeleteOh, er, River's a savage one under there lol !
ReplyDeletefrogpondsrock; an individual caterpillar probably wouldn't do too much damage, (especially if I spotted him in time), but these pesky buggers appear by the dozens out of nowhere. I'm not sure what they grow into, there's never any butterflies around here.
ReplyDeleteAJ; they're funny to watch when they're crawling across footpaths etc on their way to something green. They're quite speedy.
Jayne; you should see what I do to snails....
Oh... such a sad ending!
ReplyDeleteNever mess with the killer instincts of a gardner.
ReplyDeleteI used to get green ones all over my mint, and when you squash them they smell minty! They ate it down to stalks while I was on holiday - thank goodness mint is tough cos I relied on it for mojitos.
ReplyDeleteKath; for the plants or the caterpillar?
ReplyDeleteJahTeh; yep that's me, raging river.
Toni; I didn't think anything ate mint.