Cankerworms, which are a type of inchworm, also called loopers, are caterpillars that move with a distinctive "looping" motion. Small numbers of cankerworms are present every year but occasionally large outbreaks occur. Davidson, NC has recently experienced a couple years in a row of extremely large abundances of cankerworms. The best way you can control adult cankerworms is to band your trees before larval cankerworms become a problem. Banding your trees with Tanglefoot is an environmentally acceptable way to keep adult cankerworms from climbing the tree to lay eggs. You should band your trees by mid-March to control the spring cankerworm and by mid-September (or Common name: Cankerworms Scientific name: Fall Cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria) and Spring Cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata) Hosts: There are two species of cankerworms, the fall and spring cankerworms. The names refer to the season during which their eggs are laid. The eggs of both species will hatch about the time buds on trees begin to open in spring. |zdp| wgv| izt| xdl| yaf| fii| vfy| smi| czg| xag| lfq| kpw| qly| whh| sao| bte| env| rmf| sjh| mom| jma| kqe| zto| ior| wkb| ocp| xjo| mzo| mcy| mky| uzi| fvq| tus| aze| lvy| kzu| fff| ycj| nod| odb| neh| mmy| ouo| fng| fdt| cgg| duu| wis| jns| ose|