菜粉蝶

After a month of seeing real cabbage moths circle my broccoli but never land, I'm completely sold on these decoys. The fluttering motion in the breeze really does trick the pests into staying away.

I was skeptical these fake butterflies would fool anything, but they flutter so naturally in the breeze that I've actually seen real cabbage moths fly past without landing. My broccoli is finally growing without holes for the first time this season.

My cabbage seedlings used to get shredded overnight, but since I stuck these decoy moths in the ground, the leaves are staying whole. The fluttering movement in the breeze really seems to fool the real pests.