[Arid_gardener] bug help

[Chris]

Sounds like Genista Worm, Uresiphita reversalis.

HTH
Chris

Nanette wrote:
>
> I have caterpillars covering my sweetbroom...hundreds of them, 
> unrelenting. They are orange with small black and white bilaterally 
> symmetrical spots on each segment..with white bristles coming from the 
> spots. I cannot get rid of them by benign methods and am considering 
> spraying with something toxic...do you know what they are and what 
> means of control I could use? They are killing my plant.
>
>  
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nanette Glover
>
> nanetteglover at cox.net <mailto:nanetteglover at cox.net>
>
> Tucson, AZ
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