mswabbie
ArboristSite Member
Are web worms worse some years than others. Does anyone have a way to control them, are there any natural enemies. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Absolutely, and some birds will eat them too. The best control is a long stick to stir up the webs and knock them to the ground. THey're all over pecan trees and others this year; mild winter, lotsa rain, no drought, hwo knwos why.Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Wasps are natural predators.
Speak softly to the environment (and yourself!) and carry a big stick, 40' or so! if you're dedicated to spraying these things you will pay big$$$$$ needlessly. Just knock em out!Originally posted by mswabbie
My trees are mainly mature pecan trees, they average 40 to 50 feet tall. Do I have to just spray on the web or do I have to soak the web and have the spray touch the worms. Thanks
Mike these insects are overtimming! They come on in July and remove foliage the tree needs. Annual attacks stress the trees out, and is ugly as sin. Sourwoods here die from repeated defoliation, because they use energy to make new leaves right away. Pecans don't die but they do lose branches. Spraying is crazy I agree, when just knocking them out is so easy.Originally posted by Mike Maas
Getting all worked up about an insect that chews on foliage in the fall, just before the tree will shed the leaves naturally anyway, seems like wasting excitement on something not too important. Save your excitement for things like overtriming
Originally posted by Guy Meilleur
For someone who treats reduction cuts as criminal acts, you sure are tolerant of a pest that overtrims.
Down in Kansas' latitude, they are a major problem for some trees, as in NC.Originally posted by Mike Maas
In my area they are never controled.
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