Purple Caterpillar: Friend or Foe?

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1. nycwendy July 26, 2020 at 12:23 PM #

   Looks like it might be a Cotton Bollworm…foe.

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2. nycwendy July 26, 2020 at 12:24 PM #

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoverpa_armigera

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   • alternahealthgrrrl July 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM #

     Thanks Wendy. “Aggressive” adjective sounds right — he got away. I will hunt for him later this evening; also ordered some BT which we might use if manual removal is not sufficient… https://www.planetnatural.com/product/monterey-bt-kurstaki-bt-k/

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