Budworm

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Budworm

Category:	Pest
Symptoms:	Holes bored into the side of the flower buds
Parts Affected:	Flowers
Cause:	Budworm
Description: Budworm is a caterpillar. It will go from flower to flower and just bore a hole into the flower bud to eat the stamens. One caterpillar can move through a number of buds per day, and will often go unnoticed. When the flowers open , they are full of holes.

Remedy: Picking the caterpillars off is one solution. Spraying is less effective because the head of the caterpiller is buried inside the flower. Budworm is resistant to many chemicals so a natural remedy such as Dipel maybe the solution.

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