Webworms

Fall webworms are becoming noticeable in several of my trees. The picture is of our black walnut. They are also in the pear and crabapple.

My management strategy is to do mostly nothing. I did reach in and take them out of the pear tree so that the leaves can continue to feed the fruit.

Sticking something into the web and pulling the web and the weborms out works. Insecticides could be used once the web is removed but most of the worms fall out along with the removing of the web.

To view publication on webworms go to http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/entml2/mf2395.pdf