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I havr found just one of these the other day will be on the look out now for them

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    Did you find a moth or a caterpillar Laura - it would be unusual to find just one caterpiller on it's own. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    But don't kill them please, the moths are beautifuland part of our natural world

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    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • AsiaAsia Posts: 1
    brown-tail moth ate all my gooseberry leaves within one night. how to get rid of those pests, please
  • TruckerTrucker Posts: 14
    These caterpillars devastated my rhodedendron last year. It did flower this year and its leaves are just recovering. However I've just today seen new caterpilars (so far only 3-4mm long) all over it again. Any advice on what I can spray on it to get rid of them?
  • Little hLittle h Posts: 7
    I have also found one of these on my Cytisus 'Lena' Plant. I live in the south west. I didnt see any more but i will certainly be checking the area from top to bottom just to make sure! I find it odd that it chose this plant as it is not particularly leafy. Right next to this i have a massive green and leafy Holly Hock which i would have thought would have been more appealing???
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