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Easybake
Arlington, TX
October 3, 2012 3:52 PM Post #9295046
| Anyone know what this is, took a big chunk out one of my Bell Peppers
Click an image for an enlarged view.
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Gymgirl
SE Houston (Hobby), TX (Zone 9a)
October 4, 2012 8:41 AM Post #9295645
| Whatever it is, it looks pretty evil! |
WeeNel
Ayrshire Scotland
United Kingdom
October 6, 2012 9:06 PM Post #9298004
| It's a Caterpillar, don't know what type of moth / butterfly it's from so get rid or it will move off to become a butterfly and than back to lay more eggs that hatch out to the picture you show and the whole cycle will start all over again, you don't have to kill it, maybe pop in a jar and take it a walk to the countryside, OR do as I do, remove the insect and it's other family members as if you have one, there are bound to be many more, I fill a tray with them and some seed food from kitchen and put this out for the birds, they love this and will reward you by searching out the other bugs that eat your plants.
Good luck. WeeNel. |
Easybake
Arlington, TX
October 7, 2012 9:43 AM Post #9298493
| I only found the one, even after looking very carefully thru out all the plants.
poured some alcohol( didnt have any bug killer that day) on it which killed it pretty quick.
I did get some organic pesticide and sprayed everything just in case i did miss something.
just kind of wanted to know what it was.
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carberyfields
Lebanon, CT
February 24, 2013 11:01 AM Post #9429888
| WeeNel, I am going to try that this summer. You gave me the best laugh of the day, thank you. |
HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC (Zone 7b)
February 25, 2013 9:42 AM Post #9431064
| WeeNel - you must have read my mind. :)
To add to what WeeNel said: Black wasps will pick-up small caterpillars and feed them to their young. This might have been why you could not find other caterpillars, Easybake. Either birds or wasps had already eaten them. |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
March 6, 2013 11:36 AM Post #9440835
| Did you try showing it to our bug forum? I think its a moth, but not a good one |
Diana_K
Contra Costa County, CA (Zone 9b)
March 8, 2013 7:14 PM Post #9443354
| There is an biological pesticide specific to caterpillars. It is a bacteria that only attacks caterpillars. Best applied when they are very small, because they need to eat the leaf that has been sprayed to ingest the bacteria. Obviously if the caterpillar is very large, it will have to eat several leaves or chew holes in the fruit to get enough of the bacteria in its system.
The bacteria is sold under many product names, but read the active ingredients. Bacillus thuringiensis. There are several strains of this bacteria, some are more effective on mosquitoes, so make sure the package specifies that the target is caterpillars. |
1lisac
Liberty Hill, TX (Zone 8a)
March 8, 2013 8:59 PM Post #9443441
| Most of the time the lable will say BT on it. |
tommyr2006
Poughkeepsie, NY
March 9, 2013 3:08 PM Post #9444112
| BT will kill them. Those and Tomato hornworms give me the "willies"! |
1lisac
Liberty Hill, TX (Zone 8a)
March 9, 2013 9:14 PM Post #9444409
| Tommy what are "those"? I like to sqoosh them! |
tommyr2006
Poughkeepsie, NY
March 10, 2013 7:41 AM Post #9444626
| The "Willies" is another way of saying goosbumps/disgust. |
1lisac
Liberty Hill, TX (Zone 8a)
March 10, 2013 10:04 AM Post #9444770
| I know what you meant by "Willies". I didn't know if "those" meant that, as yet, unidentified cat. ? |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
March 10, 2013 7:31 PM Post #9445260
| It is a cat, not a moth, found it the other day but lost it...pretty butterfly it was... |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
March 10, 2013 7:39 PM Post #9445270
| oh, maybe a Long tailed Skipper cat |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
March 12, 2013 7:07 PM Post #9447504
| If it had horns it would look like a tomato horn worm. If it is like them, the best way is just to pick them off. Usually poison is unneccesary. |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
March 12, 2013 8:18 PM Post #9447578
| The tomato horn worms turn into hawk moths- or hummingbird moths. |
1lisac
Liberty Hill, TX (Zone 8a)
March 12, 2013 8:57 PM Post #9447616
| Has anybody figured out what kind of Cat that is? |
HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC (Zone 7b)
March 13, 2013 11:31 AM Post #9448108
| Lisa - I don't know the answer, but BT-kurstaki strain should kill it.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05556.html
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1lisac
Liberty Hill, TX (Zone 8a)
March 13, 2013 4:45 PM Post #9448401
| It probably died of old age by now. |
