The box caterpillars are living at our neighbours ……
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (11237)
United Kingdom
June 6, 2026 1:32pm CST
You will remember the bother I had a few weeks ago with those pesky box caterpillars …..
I won’t go into too much detail but we had to get rid of a bush to get rid of them.
The Mister went to the end of the cul de sac last night so that he could turn the car around to point it in the right direction for going out ……
Anyway, the neighbours in the corner of the cul de sac have five small bushes, like ours, in the middle of their lawn …..The Mister noticed that four of the five looked like ours did when they were covered in the creepy crawly things …..
He went over to tell them about our trouble and ……
They already knew that they had them ….they are picking them off now and again …..
We know that the four bushes will have to go and probably they will get to the fifth bush too.
Can’t believe they are doing nothing, yet their bushes are dying !
Just no helping some people !
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5 responses
@Traceyjayne (11237)
• United Kingdom
23h
We don't understand it either .....you can quite clearly see that four out of the five bushes are dying off ....yet still they are doing nothing .....it is a shame as they go seem to enjoy gardening and the front garden at least is kept beautifully. I haven't seen the back garden but I'm guessing it's the same ....
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@DaddyEvil (174181)
• United States
13h
You could have at least gone over and picked some off and brought home with you... The caterpillars probably miss sleeping with you... 



@Traceyjayne (11237)
• United Kingdom
8h
I was going no where near ….thank you very much !
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@Traceyjayne (11237)
• United Kingdom
1h
@DaddyEvil yes, it was just a nightmare for me eating it ……
@JudyEv (381638)
• Rockingham, Australia
18h
That's a shame they're not doing much about getting rid of the caterpillars.
@ogbenishyna44 (1727)
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3h
I think I heard about someone getting rid of them by spraying hot chili pepper.





