Tent Caterpillars Ripple Through Eureka, Wildwood
Caterpillars emerge from and leave their tree tents, and currently are seeking a cocoon location. Then, this fall, they will emerge as moths. Should you take any action about the tenacious tents?
When the article What Are These Caterpillars Everywhere? was published Thursday morning, several Eureka-Wildwood Patch readers chimed in with thoughts and observations about them. A poster with the online name Lisa agreed it felt like we recently were being invaded by these small, woolly creatures. Wildwood gardener Jean Hauser indicated they also are called "web worms." Melinda Pennington indicated her daughter and friends have been collecting these caterpillars. Holly Records, master gardener coordinator, University of Missouri Extension/Missouri Botanical Garden even checked with the Missouri Botanical Garden plant doctor about them as a result of the article. Nathan Brandt, a horticulture specialist with the University of Missouri …
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Julie Brown Patton
8:57 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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