According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the box tree moth originated in East Asia ... for homeowner use that can be used to control all life stages.” Hertz advises carefully following ...

The Box Tree Moth (BTM) caterpillars are green and hairy ... Females will lay their overlapping yellowish eggs (5-20) on the underside of boxwood leaves. Delaware may have 2 -3 generations. Damaged ...

Boxwood is no more. Gone. Maybe not in 2025, but certainly in the next year or two. The predator is box tree moth and it is coming to a garden near you. Boxwood plants are perhaps the most widely ...

Starting today, Miami, Montgomery, Greene, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties will have regulations in place restricting the movement of boxwood shrubs out of the area, according to ...

The moth caterpillars can defoliate a boxwood within a single season and eventually kill the shrub. Infestations are identified by yellowing leaves, small green caterpillars with black stripes ...