4 tips on how to overcome them

Have you ever seen one of the Caterpillars found in this post. The community here gives this creature the name "Hairy caterpillar" in accordance with its posture wrapped in feathers on its body. Caterpillar is the side of the larvae which is also the order of Lepidoptera. Some of the main tasks of these animals consume plants (herbivores) and insects. Furry animals that make our body itch when touching it are greedy animals. Judging from the Etymology of Caterpillar This feather originated in the early 16th century, the names of caterpillars or caterpillars are taken from the ancient French country, namely catepelose which means cat (cattus: bhs Latin) and pelose which means fur. This fits perfectly with the body of the larva because it is covered with fine hairs that contain brittle substances but make things become allergic.

Furry animals, around 2015 to 2016, have attacked parts of Indonesia from the island of Java, a number of reasons why these animals move from the environment that leads to people's homes, and about 2 months these animals disappear instantly without a trace. Animals that attack many regions in Indonesia have other names called geometries or inchworms. This name is given to caterpillars because of the apparently moving behavior to measure the earth. These caterpillars have a soft body and even hair that makes us itchy when touching it can grow quite quickly, if pierced by thorns or very fine hair on human skin, it spontaneously causes irritation and itching and even has a swollen effect on the skin.

Given the dangers of these animals there are some tips that you do to avoid or prevent these caterpillars from entering our homes, these tips are adopted from the experience of the residents in preventing them.

a. Wooden chopsticks

This one tool, here is used to take caterpillars directly around the house, especially in the trees in the yard. This method is quite effective and safe if the number of caterpillars is still small. Take a caterpillar with wooden chopsticks and collect it somewhere to bury it or burn the core to remove it.

b. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)

To get this powder is very easy. You can buy it at the plant shop. This powder is a good bacteria that has the ability to kill caterpillars that are at home. This powder is very safe and does not harm other animals, especially insects. You only sprinkle this powder on the leaves in the trees in the yard of the house and its surroundings or the place where the caterpillar is hung.

c. Oil

In animal science oil turns out to have other uses than for vehicles, which can make caterpillars go away and not come back again. You only need to apply oil in certain corners of the house and yard which is often passed by the caterpillar olet.

Mixing salt, soap and kerosene

This one tip proves to be very effective in killing caterpillars that attack the house. Farmers often use this mixture as a substitute for pesticides in eradicating all caterpillars on the plantations they are working on. You only spray salt, soap and kerosene mixture into the trees in your house, then the caterpillar will die within a few minutes, but the caterpillar carcass is taken with wooden chopsticks, because even though the caterpillar is dead, the substance in the fur is still functioning.

Such are some tips that have been done by citizens in preventing natural caterpillars from entering a cheap and effective house and not damaging the environment around us. May be useful.