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barnetmill · 03-07-2012, 03:18 PM

I found out that there is more than one type of tent caterpillar and so they can be about most anytime of the growing season. If the tree is small in the future I will pick them off and put them into a petroleum liquid to make them die. I have a lot of bad gasoline that should do the trick to be put in old rejected gas tanks that should do the job. The sucking bugs (Hemipterans) also seem to do a lot damage to my tree leaves and fruit. I may try topically spraying visible bugs individually and instead of the entire tree. These things are big and easy to spot, but can be hard to reach at times.

03-07-2012, 03:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
barnetmill barnetmill Location: 8b in Northwest Florida near Alabama Find me on the map! Zone: 8b Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 296 BananaBucks : 70,083 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 110 Times Was Thanked 319 Times in 202 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 37 Times	Re: First tent caterpillars of the season I found out that there is more than one type of tent caterpillar and so they can be about most anytime of the growing season. If the tree is small in the future I will pick them off and put them into a petroleum liquid to make them die. I have a lot of bad gasoline that should do the trick to be put in old rejected gas tanks that should do the job. The sucking bugs (Hemipterans) also seem to do a lot damage to my tree leaves and fruit. I may try topically spraying visible bugs individually and instead of the entire tree. These things are big and easy to spot, but can be hard to reach at times.