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Microbe used for biocontrol of pest butterfly caterpillars is
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Microbial biocontrol agent that can be introduced in order to control butterfly caterpillars is the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis 
. They are sprayed onto vulnerable plants, where they are eaten by the insect larvae. In the gut of the larvae, the toxin is released and the larvae get killed. The bacterial disease will kill the caterpillars, but leave other insects unharmed.
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