When 3-Year-Olds and Inchworms Attack

A couple of weekends ago, we had our son's 4th birthday party and one of his friends picked all the ripening fruits off of one of my strawberry plants. Today, I discovered that the leaves on my other strawberry plant (everbearing) were being shredded by an as yet to be identified pest:

It was pretty well-hidden, but after doing some scouting, I found this little dude hanging out on a stem near the ground:

I hand picked the moth larva, or inchworm, and moved it to a location pretty far away from my garden. Here are a couple of good articles on some of the benefits of moths: Celebrating Wildflowers - Pollinators, Beneficial insects in the landscape: #65