Help Needed

[tree beard]

No basis other than my own experience but did you use confidor???
its a systemic pesticide :i dunno:

[mowjoman]

G'Day all.
Got a call from a distraught customer yesterday that something was eating her bottle palms.
Catipillers of some sort had made a mes of them. Anyone know what sort they are, how to erradicate them and how to prevent them returning?
I sprayed with insect spray but no cigar and she had some incecticide their that smelled like rotten eggs that didn't work either.
Some pics to help the learned with identification :wave-hi:

[mowjoman]

No basis other than my own experience but did you use confidor???
its a systemic pesticide :i dunno:


Pretty sure it wasn't that Tree beard, cant for the life of me remember what it was but it atarted with M and the mix rate was 1ml/1lt. Powerful stuff.

[m287j]

Maxoline possibly, a Chemspray product for pest control.

[mowjoman]

Thats it!!!! Maxoline!!! Friggn' stink!!!!! Didn't even hurt them but,

[Hustler]

Go the the site pest genie key in your problem and it will tell you what to use Regards Nev :)

[Mrs HMS]

Jason you couldn't get a nice close up piccy of one of the caterpillars could you? It might help identify it.

Once you know what they look like you can check here...

http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/moths.html

Then find out what the best means of eradication is.

[mowjoman]

Thanks guys. I'm going back this week so I'll break one of the little buggers outa its little house and get a better pic. Their black and gold stripes. Some sort of moth I'm sure...A butterfly would cause that much havoc surely :ebony:

[mowjoman]

Bloody forum gremlins again ay :confused:

[Bluey]

Hi Jason

Sorry mate can't help. Little buggers are making a mess aren't they. What about local palm nurseries. They may know