How do you kill the gypsy moth catipillars?
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BTk - Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurtaki
This is a bacteria that attacks the stomach of the gypsy moth caterpillar. It may harm beneficial caterpillars as well.
diflubenzuron - A Insect growth hormone.
Pheromone sticky traps - The female pheromones in these sticky traps attract and then entangle the adult male moth. The pheromone in these traps is 10 times as potent as the female, therefore, the traps attract more males than females. This is a control, it will not eliminate gypsy moth. Also against federal law to use if your area is not under quarantine.
Burlap - Tie a rope around your infested oak trees and drape a piece of burlap over the rope. The gypsy moth caterpillar will crawl down in the morning to hide from the birds seeking a dark secluded location (under your burlap). Now go out in the day light and pick/crush the little critters. This works with light infestations. With heavy infestation the critters stay up in the trees feeding.
Do you mean the Eastern Tent Caterpillers? I think you do sometimes the two species get mixed up. I way I kill them is just cut down the branch that the tent is off, and put it on some gravel douse it with gas light it on fire. Some will try to get away so just step on them. It sounds bad but they can destroy a hundred acres of trees sometimes. Or I think you can get a spray that will kill them but it is expansive. Some times with small tents you can just hit them with a stick and it will break and they caterpillers will die off. Its best to do it in the evening because they can die from the coolness. Good luck, its best to kill them now before they become to invasive like they did at my house.
STOMP STOMP STOMP. If that doesnt work, you would need to use a BT spray. This is a bacterial spray that is only harmful to the gypsy moth and other caterpillars.
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