Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Plant It and They Will Come part 6, 1 by greenthumb99

greenthumb99 wrote:
One of my Purple Milkweed plants was infested with Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars. There was about 30 - 40 on a single leaf and lower leaves appeared to have been eaten in succession. I simply snipped the leaf off into a container of soapy water and they met their demise wholesale. Very attractive caterpillars, but they can quickly strip the foliage off a milkweed plant, and they have stinging spines as well. Photo of a more mature cat.