A week or so ago I noticed just about every leaf on my pear trees had a hole or two, and I chalked it up to some obscure disease or a pest that I couldn’t see. Today I was walking by them and I heard something; I paused, and realized that it was the crunching sound of insects eating. On closer inspection I realized just about every leaf had between one and five tiny green caterpillars eating away! Omg!
I must have smashed a few hundred by hand, but there are literally thousands if not tens of thousands more. What would your weapon of choice be??? Help! We have a lot of beneficial insects, so if there is a caterpillar specific spray, that would be great!
Chew pattern is typical of various sawfly larvae. If your larvae has legs on every body segment, they are not caterpillars. Bt will not control sawflies.
