Meanwhile, keep fighting the caterpillars with all you’ve got – and we will carry on working away at the registration process.

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The shorter persistence products (that are usually certified for organic growing) are likely to be less damaging to non-target wildlife.Xentari RaupenFrei *,° ist ein biologisches Spritzmittel, dessen Wirkstoff durch nützliche Mikroorganismen erzeugt wird. Although affected caterpillars die in a couple of days, the damage to the boxwood stops after 1 hour.

Box Tree Caterpillar Disease

Though relatively new to Britain, it has spread widely across England– particularly London and surrounding areas– and has reached the rest of the UK and Ireland. The box tree moth is now considered to be a “common resident”, being widely distributed across England, particularly the south-east. When choosing control options you can minimise harm to non-target animals by using the methods in the non-pesticide section below. Yep sounds like a lot of work but sure is nice to pull that stack apart next spring to some very nice comb! Biology There are at least two generations of the box tree moth a year, with the majority of feeding damage caused between March and October.Caterpillars can pester many different plants, but they are particularly frustrating when they get into boxwood which they often do. Only reason not awarded 5* is that I have yet to use product as currently using moth trap, prior to applying this product. We advising managing box tree caterpillar using the information above as your first course of action. Most pesticides (including organic types) reduce biodiversity, including natural enemies, impact soil health and have wider adverse environmental effects. These caterpillars begin to become active as the weather warms in the spring– they have been observed feeding as early as February on particularly warm days.