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Originally Posted by MsCowpea

I don’t think dogwood sawfly is a pest of brassicas, at least I have never read that it is.

Kale=brassica
Cross-striped cabbage worm
https://bugguide.net/node/view/11183/bgimage
http://extension.uga.edu/content/dam...stripedcab.pdf
http://extension.uga.edu/programs-se...ole-crops.html

I grow a lot of kale-luckily have avoided that voracious muncher.

Yep, that looks more like it. I can't believe how fast they did the damage. Like I said, I water those plants every day (they need to get in the ground!) and didn't notice the beginnings of munching.

I have since cut off the damaged leaves, fertilized and brought them back inside under the lights until they recover.