More caterpillars...

Hi!

Patricia screamed when she found this dude on our tulsi leave. Actually she found an even bigger on just before this one... I've found a couple of them on the balcony as well. No wonder why the chile leaves look like a swiss cheese...

Except chasing caterpillars, we are enjoying the temperatures. "Much above average". I like that, and there may be a chance for the chile plants to develop a good harvest...

Wishing you all a great week!

Hot regards,
   Mats

The little !"%#¤!

Today when I was chasing caterpillars, I found this little !"¤#"%.

 A very hungry guy... And he's not alone. All in all, I found at least ten of them... And there are probably very many more of them left out there...

The moment before this little fellow got his life's biggest surprise. A jump from the fourth floor, down to the garden below. There he can eat all he wants. :-) But he's not welcome back to my plants.

Regards from the caterpillar-chaser :-)
   Mats

If it isn't one thing it's another...

Hi!

If it isn't one thing it's another... I have had almost no aphids on the plants at all this year. Until a couple of weeks ago, I had absolutely none. Now there are a few. But they are not really the problem. The problem now is - caterpillars.

We had caterpillars some years ago, when we were away on vacation for a week. When we came home, they had eaten a couple of plants. Nothing left... Now I chase them every day, but still many leaves look like this. The caterpillars are not big at all, but they sure are hungry. Grow fat pretty quick... The positive side of that is that they are easier to find. Otherwise they are well hiddden. Have exactly the same colour as the leaves.

Not a very big problem, but quite annoying...

Wishing you all a great week!

Hot regards,
   Mats