to kill or to not kill ??

stocaz · Post by **stocaz** » November 26th, 2014, 2:22 pm

Hi all, have found a few of these on my trees and am unsure if there doing good or not ?
Do i squash or save ?

Cheers Ross

Pup · Post by **Pup** » November 26th, 2014, 4:11 pm

stocaz wrote:Hi all, have found a few of these on my trees and am unsure if there doing good or not ?
Do i squash or save ?

Cheers Ross

Squash one can defoliate a tree in a couple of hours.

Isitangus · Post by **Isitangus** » November 26th, 2014, 4:26 pm

Put them in a bowl for the birdies

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » November 26th, 2014, 4:30 pm

Collect them in a bowl and take them out into the bush and let them go. Better for your Karma and the insect life.

stocaz · Post by **stocaz** » November 26th, 2014, 4:32 pm

Thanks guys, mission accomplished

stocaz · Post by **stocaz** » November 26th, 2014, 4:35 pm

bodhidharma wrote:Collect them in a bowl and take them out into the bush and let them go. Better for your Karma and the insect life.

Threw him over the fence, now his the neighbors problem

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » November 26th, 2014, 6:49 pm

Pup · Post by **Pup** » November 26th, 2014, 11:52 pm

stocaz wrote:
bodhidharma wrote:Collect them in a bowl and take them out into the bush and let them go. Better for your Karma and the insect life.
Threw him over the fence, now his the neighbors problem

When it comes back over the fence and lays more eggs its back to your problem.

Post by **kcpoole** » November 27th, 2014, 10:17 am

they are called looper worms and are larvae of a moth.

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4317#p48460
Dipel will control them.

Ken

stocaz · Post by **stocaz** » November 27th, 2014, 10:35 am

Pup wrote:
When it comes back over the fence and lays more eggs its back to your problem.

Probably right...... next time i might just bring it across the road and dump it in their garden, cant stand those people

kcpoole wrote:they are called looper worms and are larvae of a moth.

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4317#p48460
Dipel will control them.

Ken

Thanks for that, have just found the odd one every now and then so not a big problem for the moment.

Cheers Ross

Post by **kcpoole** » November 27th, 2014, 12:27 pm

I usually get about 1/2 dozen ore so each year, but a few years ago when I posted the original thread I had heaps.
None so far this year that i have seen

Ken

Jason · Post by **Jason** » November 27th, 2014, 1:22 pm

bodhidharma wrote:Collect them in a bowl and take them out into the bush and let them go. Better for your Karma and the insect life.

This is what I do too

for the ones I can collect at least

mtarros · Post by **mtarros** » November 27th, 2014, 5:03 pm

Well I would say depending on the time of year they can be good as they will defoliate the tree for you.

Saves you from doing it

shibui · Post by **shibui** » November 29th, 2014, 10:36 am

Hey Stocaz

Which fence did you chuck that guy over and how far did you chuck it

Maybe all the way to my place

Found a couple of these feeding on a kunzea here a couple of days ago

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Please send address so I can return it.

stocaz · Post by **stocaz** » November 29th, 2014, 10:41 am

shibui wrote:Hey Stocaz
Which fence did you chuck that guy over and how far did you chuck it
Maybe all the way to my place

Found a couple of these feeding on a kunzea here a couple of days ago
P1110240.JPG
Please send address so I can return it.

Hahaha he must be the European version, much hairier than my little guy...

AusBonsai

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