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The best way to go about getting rid of tent caterpillars is by removing the nest. Then place something sticky at the bottom of the tree so the tent caterpillars will get stuck. Place a bird house in the tree because birds will eat the tent...
The pesty Eastern Tent caterpillars will eat every leaf on a tree. Especially, the leaves on fruit trees. This is a major concern for tree growers.
Tent caterpillars are a type of moth in the in the Malacosoma genus and Lasiocampidae family of species. Twenty-six different tent-caterpillar species have been found and identified in North America, Mexico, and Eurasia. Six types of tent c...
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If you don't want to use chemical sprays I suggest you get some orange cleaner spray and kill them this way. I usually use Zep or any orange citrus cleaner. It kills them dead and will not harm the plant. After an hour or so just take a gar...
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Generally no. The hairs on the tent caterpillar can be irritating. Animals (and children) may react adversely if caterpillars are eaten (eating tent caterpillars is not recommended). Back East in Kentucky, there is a phenomenon occurring ri...
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Some years it may seem like it! Actually, the number of tent caterpillars goes up and down. About every ten years there is an extra large batch, and you may see them everywhere - on plants, sidewalks, buildings and streeets. Once they start...
http://www.heathwood.org/simpson/backyard/Insects/insec...
What the heck would you want with them? They are a pest and will kill some trees. They did a number on my cherry tree.
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The short answer is no. FTC and ETC are a natural part of our forest ecosystem. Gypsy moths have "naturalized" and are not likely to disappear. The good news is that their populations fluctuate and after a few years of high number...
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7111.html
We paid for the installation and maintenance of ornamental trees in Silver Firs II, and need to protect their beauty. The trees affected this year are "wild" trees, mostly Alders, in the common areas and NGPAs. Most experts do not...
http://www.silverfirs2.org/Committees/Landscape/tent_ca...
A Washington State University Extension Entomologist told me that peeling tent caterpillar egg cases off twigs and tossing them on the ground is an effective control, that there's little if any risk that the caterpillars, even if they did h...
http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/2004/Feb/21/how-to-repel-mo...
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