Caterpillars on plants

How to Identify the Pest?

Butterflies leave their eggs in the leaves of the plant as they will be their first food when they appear as caterpillars. For this reason, it is important to fight the pests at first by watching the leaves with precision, especially those in the highest parts of the plant.

 

 

 

 

 

At first it may be difficult to see them, but if you look at it, you will see lots of points of different shapes and colors. See also the pimples from top to bottom to see if there are traces of black or darker parts. You will then be able to see if they are damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

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How to prevent infection?

 

A good way to prevent it is to spray the plants with neem oil, which is effective only if you do not have a large caterpillar population.
Spray - Potassium soap combines very well with neem oil to soften the outer layer of the worms, so it is a good idea to improve the effect of each insect.

Before you find caterpillars, you can use the specific bacterium Bacillus Thuringenesis, a very effective product against these types of pests. It is not a chemical agent, but a biological type of bacteria that causes the death of caterpillars due to intoxication.

 

 

 

How to remove the caterpillar

 

You can remove the pest manually by tweezers. These products are generally based on gram-positive bacil naturally present in plants and soils for the treatment of pests depending on the larvae. The engine can also be treated with broad-spectrum products to control other possible pests that may be present, such as mites.

 

After harvesting the plants, you must hang them upside down to dry out and lose moisture. This way the plants will stop being a good hiding place for the caterpillars that have survived.