I am not sure if I am in the right place to post this, but here goes....
I saw some caterpillars on one of my bushes this morning. I live outside of Sosua (Perla Marina.) The caterpillars were about four inches long with an orange head and black and white striped body.
My gardens are full of a variety of butterflies and I didn't want to kill the caterpillars, but they were voraciously consuming all the flowers on this bush and many leaves as well.
My gardner decided to fumigate.
I searched the internet for photos to identify what I had seen, but had no success. I did read that most caterpillars are difficult to kill with insecticide. The recommended method to do away with them was to collect them in a paper bag. Ugh!
Anyone have any idea what the name of these critters is? What kind of a butterfly are they, eventually?
Thanks, in advance for any info.
Lindsey
I saw some caterpillars on one of my bushes this morning. I live outside of Sosua (Perla Marina.) The caterpillars were about four inches long with an orange head and black and white striped body.
My gardens are full of a variety of butterflies and I didn't want to kill the caterpillars, but they were voraciously consuming all the flowers on this bush and many leaves as well.
My gardner decided to fumigate.
I searched the internet for photos to identify what I had seen, but had no success. I did read that most caterpillars are difficult to kill with insecticide. The recommended method to do away with them was to collect them in a paper bag. Ugh!
Anyone have any idea what the name of these critters is? What kind of a butterfly are they, eventually?
Thanks, in advance for any info.
Lindsey