Step outside just about anywhere in Louisiana right now and you’re likely to spot dozens of hairy, white caterpillars crawling around. Sometimes, you may even see one fall from overhead, seemingly out ...

Three hypotheses of insect-plant interactions were tested by rearing fall webworm larvae in the laboratory on foliage from red alder trees with different histories of western tent caterpillar ...

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – Residents in Louisiana may see webbing on some of their plants this time of year. Those “webs are made by caterpillars of the fall webworm moth,” according to the LSU ...

Q: As I drive down the roads recently, I am seeing the ends of small branches on trees covered over by a webby material, and the leaves inside are all tan and dried up. What is this? Hyphantria cunea, ...

Q: As I drive down the roads recently, I am seeing the ends of small branches on trees covered over by a webby material, and the leaves inside are all tan and dried up. What is this? Hyphantria cunea, ...

No, not the eastern tent caterpillars. Those make their nest in the spring in the area where branches meet together or connect with the tree trunk. These are fall webworms, a native species that make ...

If you see webs being formed around the tips of branches as well as defoliation under the webbing in your pecan, hickory, persimmon and sweet gum trees, they are probably infested with fall webworms.

It’s not too early to look for fall webworm. The large, unsightly webbed nests constructed by fall webworm are usually noticed in August and September, but this pest of landscape trees is already at ...

If you've spotted large webs in trees along Ohio highways, the culprit may not be what you think. Fall webworms, which are native insects, typically become more apparent in late summer and early fall, ...

IT IS NOT difficult to spot the ugly nests of the fall webworm this time of year. The fall webworm is a native pest of trees and shrubs. It makes its appearance in late summer to early fall and ...

We have already received our first fall webworm inquiry of the year. Even though their name implies that they would most enjoy the months of September and October, we can encounter early instances of ...

Fall webworm nests are seen in trees Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Allentown Fall webworm nests are seen in trees Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Allentown Fall webworm nests ...