How to deal with butterfly hawthorn chemical and folk remedies

In summer, many butterflies flutter over the flowers, among which there are butterflies, similar to cabbage, only with black veins on the wings. And they are called hawthorns. By this name they were awarded for their predilection for hawthorn, and for other trees and bushes from the family of roses. By the way, the butterfly's butterfly, the photo of which is placed below, also belongs to the family of whitecaps, like the well-known cabbage. But unlike the latter, which, in addition to cabbage, nourishes the passion for horseradish and radish, the first has a more extensive taste palette. She does not disdain apple trees and pears, rowan and plums, bird cherries and apricots, dogrose and cowberry and much more than that. Therefore, for many gardeners and gardeners, the question of how to deal with a butterfly is important.

These butterflies not only "sniff" flowers and eat nectar from them, they, most importantly, lay eggs on the leaves of these plants. And one individual can lay 300-500 eggs, and they, in turn, turn into caterpillars, which already actively eat the kidneys and leaves to the very veins. And how to fight a butterfly with a hawthorn? And here experts say that if in the spring before the appearance of the ovary does not produce spraying plants in the garden, then later with the caterpillars of this insect can only fight hand-to-hand. That is, to find, collect and destroy colonies of deferred eggs.

And to think about how to deal with the butterfly hawthorn, it is necessary from the autumn. Caterpillars begin to prepare for the winter from July. Usually each of them weaves a cocoon, strengthening it with a cobweb. And, most likely, some gardeners found such "houses" in dry leaves, but did not pay attention to them and did not destroy them. And in early spring the whole process will start again. Hatching butterflies, which lay eggs, and in 15 days there will be caterpillars. And so it will continue indefinitely, and the number of butterflies will constantly grow. Therefore, measures must be taken urgently.

Such is the harmful butterfly hawthorn. Methods to combat it are different, including the people's. And here, the decoctions and infusions of whitening with which the plants are sprayed themselves proved to be very good. A preparation is as follows: take 1 kilogram of dried bleached or a pound of roots, filled with 10 liters of water and infused for at least 12 hours. Then the infusion is filtered, and for every 10 liters it is added up to 40 grams of grinded laundry soap. And for broth, you need 1 kilogram of dry bleached pour 10 liters of water and boil it for 30 minutes. Then cool the fluid must be filtered, and add soap to it. You can start spraying.

And now about how to deal with butterfly hawthorn chemical means. Here the trees can be treated with such insecticides before the beginning of flowering: Metaphos, Carbophos, Antio, Metation, Zolon, Nitrafen, Chlorophos and Oleokuprit. The compounds based on diflubenzuron also work well. These insecticides are safe for the environment, and they are recommended for use by the World Health Organization. Bacterial drugs are effective against hawthorn caterpillars. By these means, plants can be sprayed even in the summer, after they come out of the eggs. There are also biological methods to combat this scourge. These are insectivorous birds. And attracting them to the gardens, you can contribute to the destruction of insects. So, for example, tits in the cold and little snow winters destroy from 75% of caterpillars-hawthorns. We also need to remove the weeds, since the hawthorn feeds on their nectar. This will also help to reduce their population.