Insecticide For Box Tree Caterpillar

At first sight, the box tree caterpillar looks like a little white worm. But as a more attentive look reveals, it is really cute, but very dangerous: From the back of this hairy caterpillar extend two reddish-brown poisonous tentacles which have a length of 3-5 cm. These tentacles secrete poison so that their own kind or cannibalism in their group cannot escape before the eggs have been laid.

Insecticide For Box Tree Caterpillar

The adult moth normally has white wings with a brown border, although they can be either clear or completely brown or clear. Female moths lay pale yellow eggs in a sheet on the underside of the leaves.

 

The eggs hatch into caterpillars that have greenish-yellow bodies and black heads. As the caterpillars grow, they develop thick black and thin white stripes along their body and can reach up to 4cm (1½in) in length and spin webbing among the leaves and branches where they feed.

The caterpillars then develop into pupae, which are concealed in a cocoon within the webbing.

Box tree caterpillars only feed on box (Buxus) plants and shouldn’t be confused with other caterpillars.

Symptoms

The caterpillars eat the leaves of box and produce webbing over their feeding area, often causing severe defoliation. Don’t confuse the webbing with the webs of spiders.

 

Badly affected plants may also show signs of dieback. This may be especially apparent on plants used for hedging or topiary that are trimmed.

Treatment and control

Wherever practical, remove the caterpillars by hand, or prune out stems covered in the webbing and caterpillars and destroy.

Spraying with an insecticide such as BugClear Ultra Gun! may prove useful in their control – a thorough spraying is needed to penetrate the webbing.

Insecticide For Box Tree Caterpillar

Box Tree Caterpillar is a type of caterpillar that feeds on the leaves of box trees. The insecticide for Box Tree Caterpillar can be used as a spray or dust. It should be applied at least three times in the growing season and can also be used to treat the soil around the tree.

The insecticide for Box Tree Caterpillar contains Bifenthrin, which is an insecticide commonly used in garden products. This chemical kills caterpillars by attacking their nervous system and causing paralysis, so that they cannot move or eat anymore.

List Of Insecticide For Box Tree Caterpillar