By chance while hopefully admiring the new zucchini transplants in the central bed, and after lifting up the tulle to tweak them, which have been under tulle since day one, I espied not one, not two, but three things that I think were SVB eggs!!!! I was flummoxed, but as I went around the edges adding more rocks, I noticed a few spots where a determined moth could have gotten through. I almost wonder if the neighbourhood rat might have pushed his/her way under, which could explain why the pockets were there.
So, I removed the eggs, and resecured the tulle using more rocks.
While typing up this blog, I felt something on the back of my hand. Upon close inspection, it's a teeny tiny whitish/opaquish caterpillar -- with a black dot where the head is. Could it be a very newly hatched SVB who crawled onto my hand while I was fiddling with these plants!?!?!?!?!?
Well, at the very least there can't be a ton of eggs, and hopefully now with more rocks it will be more secure. If I lose these plants, well, it's been a real learning year, next year will be a fresh start...
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