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Your organic garden will not grow and flourish on its own, but needs much care and attention to detail. But apart from all the garden maintenance that is required, there are also garden pests like the pharaoh caterpillar to treat.

The organic gardening pharaoh caterpillar has a soft-body and therefore it is often prey to other creatures like birds, small mammals and other insects. These caterpillar-eaters usually keep populations in check, but sometimes numbers can still get out of control. When this happens there are a few things you can do to slow their destructive paths without using garden pesticides.

Begin with a physical attack. Early morning or late evenings are the prime pharaoh caterpillar’s hunting times. Wearing gloves, look on the underside of leaves and flick off anything that looks like an egg cluster. If you find an adult pharaoh caterpillar pick it off and drop it into a bucket of soapy water to kill it. This method is time consuming and there is no guarantee that you will find them all.

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