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"gaap" wrote:

I have a lot of caterpillars in my garden. They are on natives and water
grasses. I have a pond close so am reluctant to use a poison.

Any suggestions?

Dipel. It's actually a naturally occurring bacteria that attacks caterpillars.

BUT -- do you really have a big problem? Are they eating everything in sight?
Or are you just worried that they *will*? Or are they spitfires? If you can
live without using Dipel, I would try -- wasps and dragonflies ilke eating
caterpillars, and you could get something interesting when the caterpillars
turn into butterflies.

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