How to Get Rid of Tent Caterpillars [4 Easy Steps!]
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
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Introduction: 0:00
Step 1: Identification: 0:45
Step 2: Inspection: 1:36
Step 3: Treatment: 2:44
Step 4: Prevention: 4:52
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Many pests with huge appetites are capable of defoliating trees, shrubs, and other ornamental plants on your property, but if you’re noticing foliage wrapped in large web masses, then you could be dealing with tent caterpillars. Emerging in spring, these hairy caterpillars won’t just damage your foliage, but large populations and migrations will see them crawling on cars, damaging paint jobs with their droppings, and even infesting indoor spaces.
Tent Caterpillars are small pests, typically growing between 2 and 2.5 inches in length. You’ll usually spot them in clusters hanging onto thick webbing found near where branches fork. They are typically hairy and dark-colored with a pattern of lines running down the lengths of their bodies. The pattern may include white markings depending on the species; some have a solid white line that goes from end-to-end, some feature a dashed white line, some feature keyhole shapes, and some do not feature white at all.
Be on the lookout for large tent-like webs, egg clusters, and the tent caterpillars themselves. Tent caterpillars are active during the day, so you’ll often find swarms of caterpillars hanging on to their tents or consuming nearby foliage. At night, the caterpillars will hide within the tent. Mature tent caterpillars may stray farther away from their home tents as they search for a safe place to pupate.
In order to get rid of tent caterpillars on your property, you’ll need to combine regular pruning with a residual insecticide application.
First, prune away any of the infested twigs, branches, and limbs you found during your inspection. If you’re dealing with a heavy infestation and wish to avoid over-pruning, you can scrape away pests, webs, and eggs with a scraping tool.
Once you’ve gotten rid of any visible pests and cleared away any webs, you can apply a residual insecticide like Supreme I/T. Supreme I/T is a bifenthrin-based liquid insecticide concentrate that is labeled to treat over 70 different pests, including tent caterpillars. When applied, Supreme I/T will leave a residual chemical barrier that will control pests for up to 90 days after application. To treat for tent caterpillars with Supreme I/T, you’ll need to apply the product’s labeled rate of 0.125 to 0.25 fluid ounces of product per 1,000 square feet of treatment area. Use the higher rate for heavy infestations. We recommend you mix 1 gallon of finished solution for every 1,000 square feet of treatment area you have. Once your solution is evenly mixed, spray the tops and bottoms of foliage to the point of wet, but not runoff.
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These caterpillars are so cute! I've loved them since I was a kid.
They r all over my deck
We get these high up in trees. Really high up. Any suggestions?
I have some of these caterpillars every year. What can I spray on my pecan tree?
BTK kills them but doesn't hurt anything else but caterpillars. It's a parasite or fungus that kills them not a pesticide so birds and bees and humans are safe.
Use a BT, it’s a bacteria so it’s none toxic, the caterpillars will eat the leaves that it is sprayed on and then die.
You can use a long stick or bamboo pole, wrap a cotton towel on the end, soak with a little diesel and light it..
Then move the flaming end of the pole to the web nests and burn the nest..
Make sure you are comfortable using diesel this way before attempting
I go around with a bucket of hot water with some soap and drop them in the bucket. They are crawling up my garage and in my garden and everywhere. I think I’ve gotten about600-700 in the past 24 hours. I walk around my property with the bucket every 2-3 hours
Are caterpillars are black on the top with a yellow line in the middle and white on the bottom & like 20 dots in between both sides of them very strange and unusual for me, the internet is completely inaccurate on what we have and I have no idea what they are don't know if they're venomous or non-venomous, I could make a video or share pictures of them for you if you whomever can identify them for me please? They are dropping from tree & irritating our work places in our back yard but they ain't / aren't are not actually in numbers, they are individually around all over & I even seen one now today that's a neon lime green with 2 yellow lining on a bottom of it line for both sides..... I'm fairly certain that 1 is probably venomous......
This is great for identifying but DON’T use insecticide! It is indiscriminate and terrible for the environment and you yard. It kills beneficial insects that eat the eggs .
Our 5 acres is infested with them this year. It’s disgusting.
@BigfootSquad BWPP سلطان علي القارشيرصكئ الطريقꪜ have you lived with them infesting your yard. We have and I agree with the other comment..They're disgusting and invasive.
Tent caterpillars in tree 20+ feet high. Now what?
All on my tree. Gross🤮
creepiest monsters around!!!!!
You have no clue what it's like in a Boreal forest there are billions of them eating every leaf for miles. There is no way to stop them.
ughhhhh.......gross
Chemicals are not a solution unless you're on the fast track to obliteration. BOOOO