Caterpillars spreading very quick!!!

**4wheelsmoke** · 10-05-2010, 06:09 PM

this is my first outdoor grow and everything was fine till last week i noticed one green caterpillar making a home in one of my buds cliped the bud off killed the little bastard now all of a sudden since then everyday i find a new bud with rot and little black/brown caterpillars inside and finding them all over my girls i only have two girls today i just found 4 more buds with caterpillar rot and shit in them just want some expert advice on whether or not i should pull em now or if i can fight em with some thing i have read a bunch of caterpillar threads but since im new at this just wanna make sure im doing the right thing heres some pics of the ladies thanks im worried

also pics are not of damaged bud just to show how far along they are to see if its worth pulling

**Sacha87** · 10-07-2010, 03:08 AM

Damn, I have the same problem.. Only two weeks to go in flowering stage. Today I found 5 caterpillars (little green ones) only by looking at my buds to see if there were any little brown crumbs in there.. Those fuckers are soo hard to spot. I dont know of any solution except retracting by tweezers ; caterpillars and the shit they leave.. Its a tedious job but what else can we do? I also have two girls..

Good luck! And if you find a miracle solution, please post it!

**CrazyBudz** · 10-07-2010, 03:37 AM

me 3 lol...little green fuckers, i find about 1 a day..but they dont seem to be fuckin anything up, i just kill the little buggers!!
they just seem to be chillen on top of the buds not in them

**4wheelsmoke** · 10-07-2010, 04:31 AM

wish mine were just chillin on top lol after reading threads all day i think mine are budworms damn!! i got scared so i pulled one of my girls early today(mendo purple) on the left in the pic just to make sure i had some herb even if its a little premature id say i lost a couple ounces atleast they were in a lot of buds i didnt even know they were in till i trimmed it and saw the little dark shitty spots then realized they had eaten and pooped all the way from top to bottom almost i killed about ten of the little bastards today i think im gonna leave my other girl in the dirt and get either BT or some safer caterpillar killer and give it a good spray and just keep picken em out as i find em till shes done

hahaha my buddy suggested using a chicken by holding it and moving it around the plant like a little worm detector

**Sacha87** · 10-07-2010, 10:00 AM

Pulled another 25 baby caterpillars out! Ive been scanning all my buds, luckily I only have 2 plants.
I have Bacillus Thuringensis, I used it before the flowering stage and it worked great. Do you think that I can use it on my plant now? I only have two weeks to go in flowering stage, Ive got nice big buds.

Hahaha I guess Ill have to get a chicken then! xD