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Caterpillar on Streptocarpus
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| we are having problems with small caterpillars eating the flowers and
leaves.
no matter how many of these ********s we remove they still keep coming.
can we spray without damaging flowers and leaves and if so what spray do you
recommend
dj
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| Pam Moore 2005-07-30, 7:21 am |
| On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:00:57 +0000 (UTC), "Ted"
<OnThe@Upbtinternet.com> wrote:
>we are having problems with small caterpillars eating the flowers and
>leaves.
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>no matter how many of these ********s we remove they still keep coming.
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>can we spray without damaging flowers and leaves and if so what spray do you
>recommend?
I've never encountered this. There cannot be a bottomless pit of
caterpillars. They must be hatching from somewhere. Search for eggs
on the plant.What do they look like? Eventually the influx must
stop.
Pam in Bristol
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"Pam Moore" <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:00:57 +0000 (UTC), "Ted"
> <OnThe@Upbtinternet.com> wrote:
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> I've never encountered this. There cannot be a bottomless pit of
> caterpillars. They must be hatching from somewhere. Search for eggs
> on the plant.What do they look like? Eventually the influx must
> stop.
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> Pam in Bristol
They are very small, 2mm diameter x 10mm to 15mm long. No eggs in sight,
only plenty of droppings.
They look like the small shoots that appear between the fork of the flower
stems. This is their camouflage.
We appear to be getting towards the end as we have been removing them over a
week now. Approx 3 per day.
Caught a larger one today perhaps an adult.
dj
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| pammyT 2005-07-30, 10:21 am |
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"Ted" <OnThe@Upbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> We appear to be getting towards the end as we have been removing them over
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> week now. Approx 3 per day.
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> Caught a larger one today perhaps an adult.
You are joking right? :0)
An adult caterpillar is a moth or butterfly.
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| Tumbleweed 2005-07-30, 3:21 pm |
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> "Ted" <OnThe@Upbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> You are joking right? :0)
> An adult caterpillar is a moth or butterfly.
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LOL! And sadly, probably not :-(
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