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Gardening

Farmer-Rick

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3. The bagworms around here come and go.

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:24 PM

Jul 2019

They get numerous and eat a lot then they disappear in the next season. I've noticed that with most insect problems.

You get a rash of them and it seems like they will destroy everything. Then the predators notice them and the next year the infestation fades but then another insect gets out of control and on and on.

I think the birds have figured out a way to recognizes their tents and wait for them to come out to gorge on them. There are several different types and some are worse than others. But we have so many cedars that most bagworms don't bother them.

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If you're in the northeast, take a look at your evergreens [View all] spinbaby Jul 2019 OP

the japanese beetles have been insane this year, also. mopinko Jul 2019 #1

I have Japanese beetles spinbaby Jul 2019 #2

The bagworms around here come and go. Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #3

I'm in NW PA and have 5 dying Kaiserguy Jul 2019 #4

I remember when Gypsy Moths wiped out half the forest in the Poconos in the 70s. BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #5