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Worms

 
 
 

Description:

The larvaeDroppings of moths, a few worms are capable of destroying a plant overnight.

Right:  Telltale sign of a worm attack, it's droppings.

Treatment:

Environmentally freindly:

  • Pick worms off manually.

Chemical:

  • Chlorpyrifos

  • Baythroid wetable powder - 10g/10l water

  • Metasystox - 5ml/5l water repeated three times every fortnight.

Looper wormClose-up of a looper worm, attacks leafy plants.