Questions tagged [caterpillar]
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What is this 3cm green caterpillar from northern California?
We have a number of these caterpillars in the yard. They are about 3 cm long. This is on the peninsula south of San Francisco, CA, USA. I initially thought of geometer moths but it seems to have the full complement of prolegs.
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caterpillar identification on fennel
Location: north Italy (alps)
Yesterday while watering the plants in my garden I noticed a caterpillar on my fennel leaves, and it seemes to eat them. The caterpillar is about 4cm long.
What kind of caterpillar is this, and will it do any harm to…
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Identify caterpillar infestation on apple tree
tl;dr; Found caterpillar nests. Should I keep them or destroy them?
I spotted three caterpillar nests(?) on my apple tree. The apple tree produces green eating apples (don't know what variety). There are three other apple trees of a different…
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What is this big caterpillar in my yard?
Does anyone know what this big caterpillar is? It is bright yellow with kind of geometrical triangular grey strips on the back, and also black points. It is huge for the region: 5 to 7 centimetres long and maybe 1 centimetre large!
I never saw this…
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Asian box caterpillar
I noticed some brown leaves on my box plants and thought it may be blight. A week later I was watering close to the biggest, 7feet topiary trimmed, specimen when I noticed a rotten farmyard odour. On inspection I noticed an infestation of…
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What caterpillar is this?
And how do I get rid of it...
The beasts are about 2 cm long.
At first I thought there was a parasite in my plants since I only saw the poppy-seed-like excrement. Until someone mentioned it was caterpillar poop. I have been trying different…
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Is there anything that really helps against the Box tree caterpillar once they are spreading?
About a week ago I noticed that some of our Boxwood plants (Buxus Sempervirens) contain a green caterpillar and a few days later the caterpillars had spread rapidly to almost all other Boxwood plants.
After I bit of Googling I found out it's the…
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Please help identify and eradicate this lawn pest
These creatures are living in my lawn. They seem to appear only during the summer, for the last three years. I think they’re killing the grass, perhaps by chewing on the roots. Or, at least, the grass looks sick and brown where these things are…
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What are these caterpillars?
I have a bunch of caterpillars in my garden, specifically in my tomato plants. I want to know what type of caterpillar they are, and what can I do to stop them (if they're bad). I live in North Carolina, United States. Here are some of the…
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What is this catepillar/slug in my garden?
There's like 50 of them crawling around, I'm not sure if I should be concerned? Seemingly happened overnight.
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What is this pale green spiky caterpillar found in Athens, Greece?
I found this caterpillar on my balcony in Athens, Greece. It's growing quite fast, eating about a leaf per day, choosing new baby leaves.
Please let me know what it is! Does it turn to a butterfly or moth?
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Caterpillar?-Kindly help in identifying it.
This creature on the photo was hiding in the tree and was moving bit quickly. Seemed like a caterpillar which eats moringa.. Can somebody help in identifying it.
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How to get rid of caterpillars on Cassia fistula?
I'm met with an infestation of caterpillars on my Cassia fistula tree. I could see 2-3 varieties of caterpillars. The first time they came around the period when the tree was growing fiercely and getting new leaves, and ate them all up. A few weeks…
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What insect has infested this apple tree
My apple tree sapling has been infested by some kind of caterpillar. What can I do to get rid of them, and eventually prevent them from coming back?
They have appeared over the course of one week, and only the apple tree is affected.
The caterpillar…
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Identify millipede: brown body and yellow spots on the sides
There is this adult and 4-5 small ones in a Snake Plant pot. It looks like yellow spotted millipede
Is it dangerous for humans ?
Is it useful or dangerous for the plant/ soil ?
If dangerous, I'll try to add boric acid to the soil to kill them. Hope…
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