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What has eaten my tree alive?
I used to have a 20ft beautiful tree in my garden,it's dying right now. What I see is worm/slug looking critters,many many of them. They are grayish in color with faint black stripes across their backs and milky colored undersides. The largest I saw was 1/4" long and 1/16" wide.They hang on tight to the leaf and eat it down to nothing but the skeletal remains. The leaf remains are left with a dark brown sandy, seedy, type residue or deposit stuck in them. I need to ID these creatures fast because they are incredibly quick eaters, and I,m afraid they are going to devourer my entire garden before I even figure out what they are. So thanks everyone for your help!
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- kamaole3Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Pull off one of the leaves with the critter attached to it, put it in a small bag (like a zip-lok) and take it to a tree nursery or garden center. They will be able to identify it and suggest what spray to apply to the tree.
- fluffernutLv 710 years ago
A nontoxic caterpillar spray...toxic only to caterpillars, not birds is Dipel. The product is Bacillus thuringensis also called Bt. It paralyzes the stomach of the insects, they can't eat. Takes a few days to work, that's the down side.
Soapy water, 2 Tb. per gallon water will also knock some off.
Chemicals: acephate--Orthene
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki
bifenthrin
carbaryl --Sevin
insecticidal soap
lambda cyhalothrin
malathion
permethrin
pyrethrins