CLOSED: SOS caterpillar eating avocado tree! blue spikes

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adrianmorph Guanajuato, Mexico Jul 18, 2014

Should I let them to eat the whole tree? or should I get ride of them??
thank you for your help!

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 19, 2014

see if you can find a picture of an amorbia caterpillar

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BigTexSun Richardson, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 19, 2014

Recently, I have tested and sprinkled finely ground cayenne pepper on the leaves of my plants when I first begin to see leaf damage. It seems to work immediately. I have not tried this on an avocado tree or your particular caterpillar. You may therefore want to test this first. Use caution not to get it on you, in your eyes or breath it. Seems to continue to work after light rain, but eventually you need to sprinkle it again if new damage begins to appear.

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spoonlegs Cottage Grove, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 21, 2014

Looks a lot like monarch butterfly larva, but fuzzier. Amorbia is pale green & translucent, from what I've seen on the net. Try a google image search for "black and yellow caterpillar" and look through the images.

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 21, 2014

Every caterpillar has different instars that dont resemble the previous. This is a moth, but internet searches are going to come up short because Mx list of bugs and moths is a nightmare. It IS a skeletonizer and it can do harm, but growing a few cats would tell you exactly what it becomes..

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adrianmorph Guanajuato, Mexico Jul 24, 2014

Thank you all for your tips, It would be nice to know what that could be, unfortunatelly someone or something get rid of them, not a single one remain on the tree... to bad...

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