Last year I had a caterpillar invasion in my front yard bushes.
Big caterpillars: the size of my fingers!
I took my neighbour’s advice: pull them off with chopsticks and step on them.
After a hard week of plucking and squishing caterpillars, I had eliminated about 500 of the big buggers.
Caterpillar guts and carcasses littered the ground.
It was a real mess.
I left a few alive, so hopefully I can do it again this year.
Yeuch. We had a similar problem with ants swarming in our kitchen. Not funny when they began to fly! And, just in case you have a problem with moles in your garden, you might appreciate the advice in the following link:
http://caughtinthemiddleman.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/sheep-to-the-slaughter/
Thanks Middle Man! I know what to do if I have to battle moles.
Checklist: shovel, razor blades.
Do the make good fertilizer? Maybe your grass will be greener than ever this year.