night time predators

While reading up on pest control last night, I came across a suggestion to "check your plants at night, that's when most of the critters are out."

So around 1am I was out checking.  Turns out that was a great suggestion, because I saw all kinds of things.  Disheartening.  I have:

- black...fleas?
- caterpillars
- cutworms
- some other clear/white looking flea thing

So there I was in my garden gloves, spraying and squishing, at 1:30 in the morning.

Something tells me I am fighting an uphill battle.  And I have a lot more reading to do.