My lillies need help. They are being systematically eaten by these brownish inchwormy things. They are also going after my fuscia and Daisies (luckily are in wintering). I have insecticidal soap which takes care of em...but I come back later and theres another one!

Also inside one of my plants has this issue too. It was fine until one day (a day too late) I noticed that practically all the leaves were messed up and she shed a bunch (I think went into shock). I have treated that plant too. But just yesterday I found another inchwormy thing (this one is green) on it.

How do I get rid of these pests and where the hell are they coming from?

Any help in this matter would be great.

i dunno, man. i just set my two plants in the windowsill, water 'em once a week, and ignore them. they're hearty little buggers. my strawberry begonia's getting a little wilty here and there, but it's still awfully lush. i'd freak out if they got bugs. outside they would go.

For non-edible plants I think poison is okay, just spray them outside. But I've used an organic oil-based (I think) pesticide for veggies that suffocates the bugs rather than poisons them--nice!

It smells kind of like peppermint, and you need to re-apply pretty often, but it seems to work with ants & aphids.

andyman91 said:

I use a safe soap like incecticide. It destroys the outer membrane body of the pest...which I think is cool.

Sometimes marc coffee helps

superspaceboy said:

TMPletz said:

I got ants in my pants and I wanna dance!

superspaceboy said:

Natural sprays made from cayenne pepper have done the trick for me.

I've been reading more on this issue. Apparently that are only annual...but could devastate your plants. Apparently I am doing the correct thing by being diligent. There seems to be some soil dust I can perhaps get too.

superspaceboy said:

Is this code for some kind of sexual desease you have?

althom said:

superspaceboy said:

My mom uses this..

Diatomaceous Earth

althom said:

I think it's time for one of these..