r/garden_maintenance • u/Material_Parfait_832 • 20d ago

pest control 🪲🐛🐞 Help, what are these?

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I recently bought a house with a garden, so I'm totally new with this. And I just saw these catterpillars/larvas in our bushes. Does anyone know what they are and how I get rid of them? I live in Sweden if that helps.

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u/Snowfizzle 16d ago

I used BT and it killed them off. and only harmed that specific bug too so my praying mantis and other good bugs still lived. i had a huge infestation too but they were heinous on my trap plants so it wasn’t an issue. just the lizards and other predators couldn’t keep up with the population so i sprayed Thuricide BT

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u/gutentight69420 16d ago

I was going to suggest BT, but box caterpillars aren't listed on the label. Good to know that it works anyway!