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05-20-2015, 08:12 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,553
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Cankerworms
Little bastids are eating up my maple trees again.... And their droppings make a real mess of the cars and truck. Anyone have experience dealing with these miserable bugs?
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05-21-2015, 06:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Narragansett
Posts: 903
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I left my car under the Norway maples in my yard for the weekend, and it was plastered with tiny black caterpillar dropping.
Are those the result of the winter moths that were hovering around my kitchen window?
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05-21-2015, 06:43 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,553
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yes. If you go out late at night you can hear them chomping on the leaves, and the sound of their droppings falling through what's left of the foliage......
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05-21-2015, 06:54 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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They're tearing my trees up as well. they've been dropping down and eating my other plants as well.....been hitting those with Sevin dust to help control that though.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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05-21-2015, 07:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Those little balls can stain a boat, so just be aware.... Scrubbed a bunch of purple stains off once, not again.
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05-21-2015, 07:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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I have them sprayed with some spore stuff that works great
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05-21-2015, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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BT organic
i use it on infestations .... kicks catapillar A s s!
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05-21-2015, 06:05 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,553
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Yeah, I am going to call about getting Bt sprayed. It is a big tree. Currently looks like it has been in the middle of a skeet range
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05-21-2015, 07:36 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Sure they are not winter moth caterpillars. They have eaten most of my oaks and maples like last 5 years. PIA.
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05-22-2015, 05:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i used to use BT on my broccoli but it would change the color
of the broccoli leaves kinda like how that protectant spray turns
plastic car bumpers a darker grey .... but it sure penetrates
a catapillar body fast... and they die fairly soon without using
toxic chemicals
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