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caterpillar type insect

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  • 25-07-2014 11:43pm
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    countrywoman
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    Has anyone noticed a type of black and yellow caterpillar in the garden. My garden is overrun with them and they're munching on lots of stuff

    I've never seen them until this year

    My father in law reckons theyre attracted to the field next door thst has lots of ragwort in it


    Any advice to get rid of them. They hsve literally chomped plants to nothing!


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    KAGY
    Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭KAGY


    countrywoman wrote: »
    Has anyone noticed a type of black and yellow caterpillar in the garden. My garden is overrun with them and they're munching on lots of stuff

    I've never seen them until this year

    My father in law reckons theyre attracted to the field next door thst has lots of ragwort in it


    Any advice to get rid of them. They hsve literally chomped plants to nothing!

    Its the cinnabar moth. No advice except to manually pick them off. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth Your FIL is probably right as ragwort is their main food source. Didn't know they ate anything else


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    countrywoman
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭countrywoman


    Thanks KAGY......its good to now know the name if them. They have chomped a beautiful senetti that I had in a pot. It was stunning....


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