My honeysuckle vine has some kind of bug

yazz1

18 years ago

What should I do? Is this common? I am so worried as I have plants all around it. Help!!

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bonniepunch
18 years ago
Can you describe this bug a bit? There are millions of different bugs out there :-)

How many of them are there? What colour is it? How big is it? Where on the plant is it (new growth, woody stem, leaf)? Any obvious damage?

What to do, will depend on what you've got, so identification is step #1.

BP
yazz1
Original Author
18 years ago
HI again,

It looks like one pale green catipiller, and maybe some eggs. I put soapy water on it and then rinsed it off a few hours later. I also removed the little guy and don't seem to see the egg like things anymore. What else should I do?
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bonniepunch
18 years ago
It sounds like you took care of the problem.

Keep an eye on it for the next week or two in case there are any more caterpillars - then pick them off as you did for the first one.

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