Nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, was effectively transmitted to progeny by adults contaminated with viral dust through the process of transovum transmission. The ...

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 ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Just after the browned leaves on branches of trees attacked by periodical cicadas began to disappear from view, webworms and their associated browning started to spread ...

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 ...

Those webs in the trees are mostly not a return of the gypsy moth, a plague of decades last century that defoliated many trees in the region. You might say the webs are harbingers of fall. They are ...

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 ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS —Silken caterpillar nests that look like cobwebs have begun to appear in deciduous trees. The gauzy-looking tents at the end of tree branches are most likely fall webworm caterpillars ...

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.

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 ...