Well, got distracted and fell off my spraying and worm picking schedule, so my poor brussel sprouts have been chewed to bits. I had hope that leaving up the broccoli plant next door would keep the cabbage moths happy, but it's clearly not as delicious as the brussel sprouts.
I went to spray them down and hope for the best, but ran into these chonky ladies (maybe lads?)! I'm not sure what it is about brussels, but praying mantiseseses love them. I checked, and the insecticidal soap does hurt them too, so I'm holding off on spraying. Just picked off a few cabbage worms instead. Not sure where to re-home them where it'll be safe, but I'll find something.
At least I know if my brussel sprouts fail, they were a nice apartment complex for praying mantis (and a lot of bees and wasps??).
And a buffet for bastard cabbage moths.
