Red Hairy Caterpillar: Amsacta lactinea Symptoms of damage
- Larvae feed voraciously on leaves
- Similar to grazing of cattle
- Moth emerge after monsoon
- Hand picking of larvae
- Collection of egg masses
- Summer ploughing
- Bon fire
- Spray 2.5 kg of carbaryl in 625 lit of water/ha
- Poison baiting