[Kleftiwallah]

Small green caterpillars are decimating the few kale plants we have!  Hand picking them off the ground after flicking the plants with a small stick.

Cheers,  Tony.

[wapello]

  Your not alone they done my cauli's as well but ive had the help of a robin,,,

[sunshineband]

At least they are off now!

[chillimummy]

Had lots of swede plants in conservatory ready to plant a few weeks ago but reduced to stalks and saw couple of little green caterpillars after 

[Grubbypaws]

My Kale is getting decimated too. I am presuming that they are late cabbage whites.

[Salmo]

These are the caterpillars of the Small White. They are masters of hide and seek. Favourite trick is to lie along a leaf vein and stay very still.

Large white caterpillars are yellow/black/green and tend to stay on the leaves rather than crawl right inside caulis and calabrese.

[Yorkie]

I once had a row of kale plants in my front garden. 

I was 'reliably' informed by someone that cabbage white caterpillars aren't interested in kale.

THEY LIED!!!!!!!  

I later had a row of stalks which were very architectural. 

Though the leaves did come back towards early spring, so not all was lost.