Try Dipel. Its a bacteria that freezes the guts of the
caterpillar and they
starve to death (which they deserve for eating our little
trees). Safe for
all warm blooded beings.

Take care,
Robert


Thanks,Robert,wil ltry that!
Where can I purchase that?Is this(dipel) the brand name?
Ifnot,can you give me the name of a product that contains Dipel?

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Dipel is a brand name for a pesticide that consists of Bacillus
thuriengensis (BT), mixed with whatever delivery system (liquid
or powder) that manufacturer chose. It would be fine, but there
are quite a few BT pesticides and any of them would do as well.
HD or Wal-Mart brands may be a bit less expensive. They come in
powder or liquid preparations. Powder is cheaper, probably
slower acting, but the liquid preparations work faster
(generally) and are easier to apply evenly and have less
environmental drift (wind-blown spreading of the bacteria to
places you don't want it to go). A little BT goes a LONG way, so
use it sparingly. You are not trying to drown the caterpillars.
The BT that touches them will infect them. It will take a day or
two to see results, but the caterpillars will stop eating almost
immediately.

As far as I know, various strains of BT act on caterpillars, a
few beetles (Japanese) and Potato, etc., and mosquitoes (mosquito
dunks are also BT). Beetle-killing BT is a bit harder to find;
virtually all of the BT you find in garden centers, etc., is
aimed at caterpillars (and, of course, mosquito dunks).

NOTE: Do not spray indiscriminately or you (and your
neighborhood) may not have any butterflies next summer!

Mosquito dunks are allegedly a special strain that works only on
mosquito larvae, but I wonder . . . and don't grow butterfly
plants near my bird bath or trees that are kept in trays of water
during the hottest parts of the summer.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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