slow drawl
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The culprit..
Yeah! It's Bud Worm Season. Pics
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backtracker
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That's a butterfly bud worm caterpillars come from moths. Butterflies are mostly plant specific so they lay eggs on plants that the caterpillars can eat like the Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat milkweed. Bud worm moths fly at night.
"One of the easiest ways to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth is to look at the antennae. A butterfly’s antennae are club-shaped with a long shaft and a bulb at the end. A moth’s antennae are feathery or saw-edged."
slow drawl
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The pic I posted is a Cabbage White butterfly...they do lay their eggs on cannabis flowers.That's a butterfly bud worm caterpillars come from moths. Butterflies are mostly plant specific so they lay eggs on plants that the caterpillars can eat like the Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat milkweed. Bud worm moths fly at night.
"One of the easiest ways to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth is to look at the antennae. A butterfly’s antennae are club-shaped with a long shaft and a bulb at the end. A moth’s antennae are feathery or saw-edged."
thumper60
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u r correct,igrow lots of cold crops,fighting them bad right now I have also caught them on my other plants ,long handle net is what I use
backtracker
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"All known host plants contain natural chemicals called glucosinolates, glucosinolates are natural components of many pungent plants such as mustard, cabbage, and horseradish." I can't find if cannibus contains glucosinolates but it has over 400 componds. Those bastards eat my collards so they are DOA. I see butterflies on pot plants sometimes but they aren't laying eggs and hate to kill something for no reason. From what it says if they do lay eggs on the wrong plant the larvae won't eat it and starve. .
Stickyicky42O
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Soap an water kills them stupid ass things.. last year I got them so I sprayed with soap an water and them bitches just feel off .... use dawn dish soap no frag if possible
Stickyicky42O
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Just do a spray every 2-3 nights of the soap n water....
tyson53
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we been getting the worms here in the North East...I been using BT every 5 days and been working..no more worms...I tear thru the buds daily to check...I tried the soap thing last year..worked so so..does not last long..and also I would not spray Dawn or any dish soaps on budded plants..they aree more a detergent than soap..and will degrade the waxy substance of the trics....use a soap like Dr Bronners...use either the peppermint or the lavender..they will more deter the moths from laying eggs more than any thing...
I am around a lot of farm country and also where they grow tobacco so they are bad here at times...but so far using BT the last few years has worked great...a few brands are Thuricide BT...safers worm and catapiller killer and southern AG catipiller killer...get at Lowes..Home Depot or tractor supply...
i had to use pyrethrum 1 year as they were so bad..then I followed with BT after the first big kill to control them...
I am around a lot of farm country and also where they grow tobacco so they are bad here at times...but so far using BT the last few years has worked great...a few brands are Thuricide BT...safers worm and catapiller killer and southern AG catipiller killer...get at Lowes..Home Depot or tractor supply...
i had to use pyrethrum 1 year as they were so bad..then I followed with BT after the first big kill to control them...
Stickyicky42O
Member
Dang good to know I was told to use dawn
dopechess
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I've been proactive this year with bud worms, been spraying BT every 5days or so from about week 4 in veg. I found a couple of spherical egg like things on my buds. Do you think those are caterpillar eggs? (in center of the frame, there are 2 spherical objects)
Do the moths like to lay their eggs on the surface of the Buds? or do they bury them deeper in the buds?
Do the moths like to lay their eggs on the surface of the Buds? or do they bury them deeper in the buds?
seanmace54
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haha. not a bad idea.
slownickel
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Spinosad has a prolonged response verus BT's. Javelin is the BT that seems to work for a couple of days.
Spinosad even works on the caterpillar/moth eggs. Entrust is an organic source, there are a couple of them out there.
Spinosad even works on the caterpillar/moth eggs. Entrust is an organic source, there are a couple of them out there.
slownickel
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Sure looks like lepidoptera eggs.... (moths/caterpillars).
roflcopter420
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I think so too! What do others say?
GreenBoxGrown
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I hate those nasty little things, especially when they are crawling around on my buds! Those red Pistils in the sunlight are so crazy though. Such beautiful buds!
sandhill larry
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I had a problem with them on my Bag Seed Testers. Worms, then rot. Lost some. Picked a whole lot early.
jbcCT
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Yeah mother nature will force our hand from time to time. No rot, these were tiny, almost like an inch worm. I didn't let them get big maybe. what's good protection from worms?
sandhill larry
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If there is any worm shit in the buds, you may get rot on down the road.
Google BT. That is what most folks use in one form or the other for their IPM.