Insect and Spider Identification: This Creature is eating our Butterfly Bush. Help!!!, 1 by AnnieOak

AnnieOak wrote:
Hello Friends, This little critter is eating the butterfly bush in my son's school garden. The bush is seriously infested. We've had the plant in the garden for three years now and this is the first time we've had any issues. Does anyone know what it is and if there's an eco-friendly solution to ending it's feeding frenzy? Or should we just bite the bullet and trim the bush way back? This is the view of it under a magnifying lens - it's probably between a quarter and half an inch long and about an eighth of a inch wide. Thanks!!

This message was edited May 10, 2012 2:33 PM