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Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« on: May 03, 2008, 07:57:38 PM »
Anyone else have these bad this year?
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2008, 09:21:06 AM »
We had them bad last year in North Texas. Haven't seen any signs of them this year.
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2008, 09:29:32 AM »
There are localized pockets of them around here.
When I visit my friend John in Manorville who owns River Road Koi (LIjohn from Koiphen)
there is a very bad section of the old Grumman Air Base that is infested with Tent Caterpillars.
I think the infestations have a lot to do with native host trees. (8:-)
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2008, 09:44:36 AM »
When I read the title all I saw was "webworm" In Texas we probably have this web worm as opposed to the eastern tent catarpillar variety. :redface:
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2008, 10:56:36 AM »
 :o First time I've seen those guys.  Not here!
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2008, 07:12:57 PM »
Yes you do Don, these are different even though many here call them 'webworms'.

One of the trees on the side of our property is loaded with them, luckily all of my 'good' trees aren't as bad as that one.
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2008, 07:17:47 PM »
I haven't seen any around yet & I hope I don't see any this year.

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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2008, 07:23:22 PM »
we have a few this year. .wonder what makes them worse some years than others.. a few years ago they were so bad that they covered everything and feel from trees on ya.. ya had to crunch them to walk.  yuck!

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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2008, 07:51:44 PM »
We saw them for the first time about 5 or 6 years ago during a visit to N. Carolina.  We kept seeing them in the trees as we drove down the highway and we were intrigued by them.  I thought they were some kind of monster spider web.... ::)  :o    We finally described them to a local and learned what they were.
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Re: Eastern Tent Caterpillar- Webworms
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2008, 07:55:50 PM »
Mikey they really give me the creeps when they are just tiny little 'worms' moving around inside the web/tent/pocket!
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