Garden Pests and Diseases: Caterpillar snack time! Help!, 1 by ElizabethPetes

ElizabethPetes wrote:
I just recently transplanted two tubs full of petunias; this morning, all the awesome most recent blooms might as well have been through a mini hole punch. I discarded all the damaged blooms, and not even two hours after dark tonight the culprit had ruined the remaining flowers!!! It took out about ten last night, and about 15 in the last few hours!

Upon serious investigation, I found several mini caterpillars eating their way happily through the blooms. Any suggestions regarding how to treat the plants would be extremely helpful!!! I am new to garden pests as nothing really bothered my plants in previous locations. I'd really love to not have my pots sabotaged by hungry critters!