Safer Brand 5160 Caterpillar Killer with BT - 8-Ounce Concentrate

by Safer

Product Features

• Kills caterpillars, gypsy moth larvae, worms and cabbage loopers
• Effective method of eliminating your garden or field of the tomato hornworm without environmental concerns or harm to wildlife and beneficial insects.
• It is recommended that this product be applied late in the afternoon or on cloudy days since B.t. breaks down in the sunlight.
• OMRI Listed and compliant for use in organic gardening
• Safer Brand is the leader in alternative lawn and garden products

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 3.3 x 5.2 inches ; 10.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GA7ZO8
• Item model number: 5160
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,383 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

After consuming, caterpillars stop eating and die within a few days. Use in late afternoon or on cloudy days since the BT breaks down in sunlight. Controls tent caterpillars, gypsy moths, cabbage loopers, tomato horn worms and more. 8-Ounce

Product Description

The Safer Brand caterpillar killer with B.t. utilizes Dipel (bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki) which, once ingested by the wayward caterpillar or worm, kills them within a few days.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smells awful but really works!, September 13, 2008

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Catherine (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Safer Brand 5160 Caterpillar Killer with BT - 8-Ounce Concentrate (Lawn & Patio)

I've had a huge problem with cabbage worms and other caterpillars destroying my herbs. While traditional chemical pesticides worked fairly well, I never felt all that comfortable eating my herbs after spraying them with those chemicals. When I read about BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), I thought it sounded too good to be true...a bacterium that kills caterpillars but is absolutely harmless to humans, pets, and bees. I'm so glad I tried Safer Brand Caterpillar Killer with BT! I sprayed my sad, moth-eaten herbs with BT a couple times a week for 2 to 3 weeks and I'm happy to say that there are no signs of caterpillars and my plants have really come back to life! The spray smells awful but the smell dissipates quickly and it works so I don't really care about the transient odor. I definitely recommend this product!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked great!, October 1, 2007

A Kid's Review

Caterpillers had completely distroyed my basil and were beginning to work on my plum trees whne the Safer arrived. I sprayed that night and everyotehr night for a week and there had not been anymore carterpiller damage. Love this stuff!!!!



lisa

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Works Great!, May 21, 2008

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K. L. Stone "maeven6" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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I have used this for a long time but this year I tried something new and it worked. I began as soon as my squash started blooming. Every three days I would spray the stem with this product. I was faithful and my neighbor's squash on two sides all died due to squash vine borers, my test plant died too. However the squash I faithfully sprayed is still doing well. Vines up to an inch to inch and a half and no sign of borers!!! I don't need it for much else the birds keep my caterpillers away but those nasty borers nothing but this will seem to touch.

Now I don't know for 100% sure if it is the every three day hard spraying with the 16oz spray bottle, perhaps knocking the newly layed eggs off or it is the BT alone or a combination but whatever it is ... it works!!