Caterpillar inside Bhut Jolokia chilli
Chilli Pepper
Sydney, Australia
I have a Bhut Jolokia Chilli Plant that is growing very well. Lots of fruit. Today a couple of young fruit dropped. At first I thought this was due to such a heavy crop but on opening one of the fruits I found light green caterpillar inside. (See image attached).
Any suggestions on what to do? This plant is in a half wine barrel that has produced copious amounts of birds eye chillies and other herbs without any problems. In fact the same barrel has a heavy cropping birds eye going right now (Re-growth from last year). I live in Sydney, Australia and we are just coming out of a quite warm to hot spring. Summer starts in December.
Update:
Attached is a higher res image. Hopefully it will be easier to zoom in on. I couldn't see a horn on the tail end. Second attached pic shows the neat little entry hole. When I cut open the chilli with the hole in it I could not find an inhabitant...? The caterpillar was about 15mm long. Any suggestions on how to control? Prefer to treat "organically" but have be known to go "thermo nuclear" if have to.
Thanks
Allan
Pic of Bhut Jolokia with caterpillar inside
Hole in chilli fruit
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