Bagworms defoliating and killing evergreens in our area have become an increasing problem in the last few years. From now through May, inspect evergreen trees and shrubs for bagworms. This insect is ...

“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 trees and shrubs, especially Colorado Blue Spruce, should be checked now for bagworms. If not controlled, a large bagworm population can defoliate and kill an evergreen in a fairly short ...

Did you ever play hide-and-seek as a kid? I’m sure many of you did. A common landscape pest plays, well, just “hide” with us on our evergreens – the bagworm. The insect does it not by hiding in the ...

I pulled all the bagworms off my evergreen shrub and put them in the garbage can. Next day, they were all hanging from the lid like Christmas lights. Can they live on plastic? What do I do about next ...

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 ...

Early spring is a good time to inspect evergreen trees and shrubs in your landscape for signs of bagworm damage. Look for bare branches, where the foliage has been eaten away and/or browning of ...

The evergreen bagworm, as its name implies, is well known for its ability to defoliate evergreen trees and shrubs like spruce, arborvitae, fir, junipers and pine. When given a chance, it will also ...

A friend of mine from the pool who was rehabbing a broken arm gave me a call a few weeks ago about these little pinecones on her arborvitae. I said okay, I would like to see this issue. She invited me ...

In the past several years, we have seen an astounding number of bagworms in Shawnee County. As with most insects, populations rise and fall with weather conditions and food availability. Typically, we ...

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 ...

Did you ever play hide-and-seek as a kid? I’m sure many of you did. A common landscape pest plays, well, just “hide” with us on our evergreens – the bagworm. The insect does it not by hiding in the ...