Last fall my husband and I had some trees planted in our yard. We live in a rural area and have some established evergreens. The man who was planting the new trees happened to notice something on our ...

After I had just delivered a Christmas message at one of my churches in Canton, a friend I've know for 30 years was sitting across the table from me and asked about his old hedge of arborvitae. These ...

Winter is the perfect time to scout for three of the most devastating pests of eastern trees: the eastern tent caterpillar, gypsy moth and bagworm. All cause early spring defoliation of trees.

They look like mini pinecones hanging from a branch. They're small, but destructive."Never saw anything like this," said Ed LaMere. "Nothing like this."Bagworms are experts in camouflage and prey on ...

WEBVTT IT IS GOING TO BE MISERABLY HOT. THE FORECAST IS COMING UP FOR IT -- IS COMING UP. THEY ARE A MUNCHING MENACE AND EAT DOZENS OF SPECIES OF TREES AND SHRUBS. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STOP THE ...

Have you noticed an inexplicable yellowing or defoliation in your shrubs and trees? A close and careful look through the branches might reveal the culprit in clever camouflage: bagworms. Devastatingly ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Early fall is a time when Evergreen Bagworm cocoons typically show up on trees across the Pine Belt, but these are not the same as bagworms found in dark and humid spaces ...

The bagworm is an insect pest of arborvitae, juniper, pine, spruce and many other evergreen species. It also attacks certain deciduous trees such as black locust, honeylocust and sycamore. The spread ...

Evergreen trees and shrubs, especially Colorado blue spruce, should be checked now for bagworms. If not controlled, a large population of bagworms can defoliate and even kill an evergreen in a fairly ...

“Why are the pinecones on my tree moving?” a client asks. “Because those aren’t pinecones, they’re bagworms,” I reply. Dangling from evergreens like teardrop-shaped Christmas tree ornaments, bagworms ...

Evergreen bagworms, those nasty little buggers, have really reared their ugly head this year. This year, for sure, is a bumper crop for bagworms. Bagworms will feed on a wide variety of trees and ...