Giant swallowtail caterpillars

Discussion in 'Citrus' started by Quick Karl, Nov 3, 2008.

  1. Quick Karl

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    Giant swallowtail caterpillars are all over one of my container Washington navel trees… how do I kill these disgusting creatures?
     
  2. StarLoc

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    If you spray with dipel, they stop feeding and starve to death, i supose dilute neem oil would work as well, but not sure, dipel works geat on caterpillers
     
  3. Quick Karl

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    I purchased a bottle of SHULTZ Fruit & Vegetable Insect Killer - killed them on contact! Those things are disgusting!

    Just when you think everything is doing fine along comes this horrible pest. Next time I see one of those butterflies near my trees, it's dead.
     
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    I keep most of them off by picking the eggs off fresh growth. If you want another safe way to kill them --use soapy water.
     

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