The caterpillars are budworms, and they also eat geraniums. Get an all-natural formulation of Bt, which is a bacteria which only affects caterpillars. Check in your local plant nursery, or online. GardensAlive.com is one good source. Bt is better than spraying a general pesticide, because it is not toxic and only targets the caterpillar, rather than potentially harming bees, ladybugs, and other beneficial insects. Once you spray it on the petunias (and geraniums, too, if you have any), the caterpillars will stop eating almost immediately. The Bt paralyzes them and they starve to death.
Caterpillars are eating my petunias what should i do?
Spray them with Caterpillar Killer, works great, buy it at the hardware stores that have nursery departments. It's concentrated so you dilute it yourself and fill a spray bottle with it.
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Reply:spray with liquie Sevin or Malathon
Reply:Ortho "Bug Be Gone" insect spray. Get it at Home Depot or most garden shops. If you ask them, they may have other suggestions. Lots of stuff on the maket. Read the labels to select the right stuff for whatever you want to kill.
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