Trusted Pest Control Services in San Luis Obispo, CA

The innocuous looking caterpillar. Remember that book from kindergarten? The hungry hungry caterpillar eats and eats.. And.. eats. Science has revealed that they have specialized kidneys that allow them to consume 5 times their weight each day, and grow a thousand times in a few months. Their digestion system is also specialized. Essentially their stomach is filled with the equivalent of a commercial cleaning solution. Move over Pine Sol, caterpillars have you beat. They are also responsible for $470 billion crop destruction every single year. They turn into butterflies and moths, which are beneficial to the environment, so eradicating them isn’t the answer. Experts now think the answer to the problem lies in the way caterpillars pee. You can’t make this stuff up! Their complex and unique kidneys could lead to pest treatments for plants that are highly targeted for caterpillars and don’t harm other animals. #caterpillarspee #hungrycaterpillar #targetedpestcontrol...