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Anyone Know How To Control Those Fat Ugly Caterpillars ?

20 years ago

I hate seeing those black caterpillars on my impatiens.

They make the impatiens look terrible and shabby.

I was lucky that I was wearing gloves when I was prunning them because one of them sprayed my glove with a greenish liquid, I guess if it touched the skin it would probably make it itchy or develop a rash.

How does everyone else deal with these nasties ?

Comments (2)

raul_in_mexico
20 years ago
I whack them by spraying some non environmentally friendly good olÂ´ toxic insecticide.
MrImpatiens
20 years ago
CCChad
You may want to try insecticidal Soap these can be friendly to the enviroment. And the green stuff was more than likely poo to distract you from eating it :) Be careful of oil sprays Impatiens dont like them to much they can cause tip burn.
Derick

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