How do I get rid of caterpillars eating my pecan tree?

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Right now you can pick them off and put them into soapy hot water............................or spray the tree with 2 tablespoons dawn & 1 qt water..................in the fall you can do dormant oil when the leaves drop off..........again in early spring up until the bud open once they open then I only spray that trunk.  Plant some flowers to drawn the bees.

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