Bud worm or caterpilar

Inspecting girls today. Saw what looked like mold. Checked closer bud fell apart and that big green bastard was in there like he was at a friggn buffet.
Just a caterpilar or bud worm. I have literaly spent all day checking the other girls from top to bottom and could find no other signs of any damage. Which in itself waas no easy task, over 60 girls to check.

Bud worms, spray with BT or Spinosad ASAP IMO (depending how far into flower, if your going to pull soon ECT)
Where there is one I'm betting there is a few more. They are sneaky bastards like that.

Good luck

Bud worms. Ruined a large % of my brothers outdoor crop this year.

nick88 said:

Inspecting girls today. Saw what looked like mold. Checked closer bud fell apart and that big green bastard was in there like he was at a friggn buffet.
Just a caterpilar or bud worm. I have literaly spent all day checking the other girls from top to bottom and could find no other signs of any damage. Which in itself waas no easy task, over 60 girls to check.

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I guarantee you have more. Keep on them and good luck.

Damn, i was hoping you were gonna say just a stray caterpilar. Lol anyway , guess I'll use fdd2blk's favorite cure of spray safe caterpilar killer.
You think thats whats causing the funny lil bud leaf damage also?
Sorry bout delay, had prob with internet connection. Thanx guys

nick88 said:

You think thats whats causing the funny lil bud leaf damage also?

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Yuppers, I do.

Sorry, i'm catching hell today. Thats good to know. At least thats only 1 thing i got to worry bout..(for now). I checked every where and the only thing in this area is this stuff by Bonide it's for organic gardening
3in1 insecticide, fungicide, miticide. Says can be used up to day of harvest. It kills budworms n bout 50 other worms i have never heard of.. Kills aphids, white flies, mites.
Idk thats just what the bottle says.. Active ingrediant is Clarified hydrophobic extract of neem oil..
I hate to wait longer to treat them by finding something else. You think this stuff would work? Or at least to keep things in check til the calvary arrives so to speak.

Just how deep do you have to look for those bastards? Say like n the colas?

Just keep picken them out. God damn things are going to town on me right now. I just hate to look too close, but I have to. Good luck to you

They burrow and live inside the colas. That's why you have to spray in there. Even if you don't see them, if you dead material in there, the worms are there

The only sign that 1 was n there was cause there was a lil dead bud material that caught my eye. No type of webbing or anything. It was on a lower branch. All the other buds look clean and are still hard.

Ok so dont have to go pulling the buds apart. This 1 was on a lower branch

Sorry bout the mixed up responses, but im n the middle of nowhere and reception is kind of spotty at times.

I found a couple of them fuckers this morning myself. Had to pull off the top part of one of my buds. (actually it just fell off).Seen him chillin in there like he owned th place. Pulled them out 1 by one and stumped their asses. So is it too late to spray my buds with something, if I'm harvesting in a couple of weeks? Dont want to lose anymore of my hard earned green to anymore of those heartless bastards.

So far i've heard of several sprays. One is Sprays safe caterpilar killer from a very respected person on these forums and whose prob forgotten more than i'll ever learn bout growing. Not to say i'm stupid, they're just that damn good..lol
anyway he says you can spray up til 2wks b4 harvest with what he uses.

After you kill em make sure you get all their little poop pieces out or you will have bud rot or mold where ever their shit is! I make up a little neem oil ( i would use this over bt this late in the year) or bt in a spray bottle and spray their shit out to make sure i got it all.

Awill1818 said:

After you kill em make sure you get all their little poop pieces out or you will have bud rot or mold where ever their shit is! I make up a little neem oil ( i would use this over bt this late in the year) or bt in a spray bottle and spray their shit out to make sure i got it all.

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I chopped the whole damn bud off. How do u find them b4 they eat the bud all to hell. Only way i spotted tthat 1 was cause there was a lil brown spot that wasnt there yesterday.
You think that Boide insecticide will b good ? Says its neem oil extract.

you need manny and his friends

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Had two that hung around for a while then they hauled ass. Might have gotten too cold. Down to 50.

If things get bad, I may have to resort to nuken em but for the time being, I'm pickin and NOT grinnin. Figured out that the moths lay a single egg on the leaf and then the tiny little worm burrows into the bud. All the above info is correct in my opinion. You can pick the worm but it is obviously much better if you pick the egg. I do this wearing a magnifying head dress thingy and have been quite successful finding the individual eggs. I don't like chems and I'm sure you don't either so you may wish to give this a try. I've got six BIG plants. If you have sixty, it may not be an option