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We have this little catepillar type beast, which is stripping the leaves
and all that is left is like a skeleton of the leaf. This bug has nearly
killed two of our young gum trees, and is close to engulfing another
larger (still young) gum tree. The garden centre suggested we spray the
trees with carbaryl, but the little blighters don't seem to mind the
stuff at all. Does anyone know what this caterpillar thing is, and what
will kill it (before they kill the trees)?





I think I've found what catepillar we have. This looks like it:

http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/p...ests/gum-leaf-
skeletoniser/response.htm

and detailed close up pics he

http://www.forestrytas.com.au/forest..._health_leafle
ts/insect_pests/pestsinfosheet4gumleafskeletoniser.pdf

Any advice on getting rid of it?


The links didn't work for me, but I have read that when spraying for
gumleaf skeletoniser you need to add some wetting agent to the spray to
get through the fine hairs on its body. So maybe that would help

Jane



Sorry, the links wrapped onto the second line, which means you will need
to cut and paste the whole url into your browser.

Thanks for the idea on the wetting agent.

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Mel

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