I hate them with a passion! And the dang things are impossible to catch at least for me. If I could swat/kill a few of the moths it would at least make me feel better!

Last spring they did not show up here until about the time my earliest broccoli started to form heads in early May but I have a feeling they will also be much earlier here this year. Fall brassicas is where I have the most problems with them early on until the weather cools down.

I have row covers ready but will also have BTK on hand for backup. I'm just now starting to harden off my early broccoli but the high winds predicted this week are going to make that more challenging. At least they are all south winds!

Cabbage moths are an easy pest to control. Both row covers and Btk are highly effective. Not too worried about those.

Yeah, it's just frustrating that the warmer than normal weather has brought them out earlier than usual. I thought I'd have a couple of weeks before covering, letting the seedlings enjoy the direct sunlight... nope, not this year.

It's chilly though today, and it's supposed to go down to freezing tonight. Maybe a moth or 2 will not find shelter. I hate sounding so merciless lol, but if I could catch em... I have threatened to keep a butterfly net in the garden.

I have found that being precise and timely in late season BT applications really helps the next year. Your mileage may vary. I grow a lot of brassica, and my neighbors do not. It is possible that I kill them all, and it takes them months next year to find my place. If you have them next door it may help less.

I have had some all winter long in our high tunnels. I started to see little green worms in early February and flying moths in early March. I cleaned out the building of everything green and now they are gone. A pest they are, but fairly easy to control with Bt.

Just so you know. The moth lays eggs for the cabbage looper. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/cabbage_looper.htm The Cabbage worm is the larva of a butterfly. http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/cabbage_white.htm The butterfly is much more prevalent than the moth.