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Tue, Aug 12, 14 at 11:43
| Can you help me to identify this little caterpillar eating leaves on my rose? What sort of countermeasures I can use to get rid of it? |
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| I can't be sure, but it might be a beneficial predator such as a syrphid larva. Do observe it and see what it's up to. Worms that eat leaves can be seen eating leaves, while predators usually prowl around. If you conclude that it is eating leaves, just pick it off and squish. Or are there hundreds of them? True caterpillars can be controlled with a biological insecticide, BT (bacillus thuringensis). The worms that most commonly graze on rose leaves are rose slugs, Look for them on the underside of the leaf. |
This post was edited by michaelg on Tue, Aug 12, 14 at 12:10
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- Posted by uncle.dyzio none (My Page) on Mon, Aug 18, 14 at 9:55
| Thanks. I checked the plant removed few of those and so far so good. |
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