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whats eating my musa basjoo?
These black larvae are on my leaves any idea of what they are and how to get rid of them? See pics
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
Looks like caterpillar poop (frass).
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07-05-2017, 05:59 PM
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
Any solution for caterpillar?
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
Omg......they look like hungry howies.
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
Use a general garden spray, Ortho bug-B-gone or similar. Get the spray down into the top of the pstem. Also, pull back some of the dead sheaf tops on the pstem and check bug hiding places.
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
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07-06-2017, 10:35 PM
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
That's one helL'of big black larva. ... My big red rooster will eat the larvae and the nana plant too.
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
Spinsad or BT
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Re: whats eating my musa basjoo?
These fellows only fed on the Musa basjoo.
I sprayed a contact spray and that worked well.. .  Tent type caterpillars by Hostafarian, on Flickr |
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