Lobster Caterpillar: Neostauropus alternus

• Two or three caterpillars can completely devour all the leaves from a small plant in two or three days.

Identification of the pest

• Eggs are white and finely sculptured
• Larva – black colour, resembles on dry leave
• Adult - Greyish white wings and reddish brown spots on the forewings.

Management:

• Hand collection and destruction
• Spray Deltamethrin 2.8 EC 10 – 150 ml/ha

Image source:

http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/neostauropus/notodontidae_33_1.php