Brush them into soapy water, or just let them eat. The tree will be fine.
NolaBarbee
Genista Caterpillar. They will eat all of the new growth first which means no flower buds next year. I hand picked them off for about a week until they were gone into soapy water
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Genista caterpillars – [https://travis-tx.tamu.edu/2024/03/07/genista-caterpillars-munch-on-mountain-laurels-and-more/](https://travis-tx.tamu.edu/2024/03/07/genista-caterpillars-munch-on-mountain-laurels-and-more/) and [https://www.reddit.com/r/AustinGardening/comments/140f1q0/caterpillars_id_on_mountain_laurel/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AustinGardening/comments/140f1q0/caterpillars_id_on_mountain_laurel/)
Brush them into soapy water, or just let them eat. The tree will be fine.
Genista Caterpillar. They will eat all of the new growth first which means no flower buds next year. I hand picked them off for about a week until they were gone into soapy water