Catepillers!

[Jenny]

I'm told that everyone is having a problem with caterpillars this year in my area. There are tent caterpillars and a bunch of others. They're all over my neighbor's baby fruit trees and seem to be coming over to my lot for dessert. They've munched most of the new growth off of my expensive new chinoides rhododendrons.

What's the best approach to dealing with them? I've seen people talking about a bacillus, but didn't see it at the garden center.

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[Twobtold]

Some commercially available Bt varieties and target pests:

Bacillus thuringiensis

[Travis]

The tent caterpillars will not do permanent damage to the trees.

I have never seen tent caterpillars attack my rhododendrons.

[J Kolenovsky]