I looked up in one of my trees and saw a translucent silken pillow crawling with caterpillars. If I decide NOT to shoot a horror film, how do I get rid of these creepy crawlers?
– Louisville, KY A. “There are two types of pests that fit your description: tent caterpillars and webworms. Tent caterpillars spin their silken nests in the crotches of limbs. Fall webworm nests are located at the ends of the branches, and their loosely woven webs enclose foliage while the tents of the tent caterpillar generally do not. Tent caterpillars are more common in the spring, while fall webworms, as their name implies, arrive later in the season. Adult tent caterpillars are moths that lay eggs on tree twigs in the summer. The eggs overwinter, then the caterpillars hatch in early spring. They spin a silk tent for protection, leaving the tent at night to feed. After feeding for 5 to 8 weeks, they travel down the trunk to pupate in leaf litter. Webworms overwinter in the pupal stage. Adults emerge late June to mid July; females lay large egg masses on the undersides of leaves. Eggs hatch into larvae after about 10 days. Larvae feed until late summer or early fall. There are a nu
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