By Youngalistai
Surrey,
United Kingdom 
caterpillar infestion of my cleome is there any spray that will destroy the eggs before they hatch out ? we get regular visits from white butterflies depositing hundreds of eggs that are all waiting to hatch out and without picking off every single one in this difficult to get at patch is there a spray ive used one but didnt seem to have much effect and caterpilers were still in evidence
19 Aug, 2012
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Bayer sprayday greenfly killer would get rid of the caterpillars, not sure about the eggs though, nothing to lose by trying it, Derek.
19 Aug, 2012