Name: Caterpillar
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Malacosoma
Species: M. disstrium
Habitat:
Caterpillars can be found almost everywhere from sandy beaches to meadows to mountain forests.
Food:
The majority of caterpillars are herbivores, and eat mostly leaves, through some species eat all plant parts, fungi and dead animal matter, including other caterpillars.
Method of Travel:
Crawling
Prevention:
1. Once the caterpillars emerge little can be done. They can be removed from trees by hand and killed by dropping them into a bucket of soapy water.
Steps to control:
1. Good, long lasting, low-toxic methods of insect control can be done with the Knock Down products listed below.
Products to use:
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