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08-05-2023, 07:20 PM
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Any ideas on what this is?????
My neighbor has this large web in his cherry tree. Inside the cocoon type thing is full of light colored caterpillars. I have never seen anything like this before.
Anyone have any ideas on what this is????
Bh
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08-05-2023, 07:31 PM
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Fall webworms.
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08-05-2023, 08:26 PM
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BURN IT!! 
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08-06-2023, 12:09 AM
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Tent Caterpillar
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08-06-2023, 12:38 AM
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I concur...
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08-06-2023, 12:45 AM
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Tent caterpillars aren’t white(ish) and they would be around earlier in the year, like late spring or early summer. They’d be long gone by now. These are fall webworms. Not that uncommon.
They wouldn’t do any damage to the tree, really, beyond eating the leafs. It is also pretty easy to get rid of them. The “bravest” among us can simply remove the nasty stuff by hand. Others can simply take a broomstick or something else alike that will reach them and roll it around the stick.
Edit: here is an example of how: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=diR1oG3ntig
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08-08-2023, 01:25 PM
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Ya, they are not tent caterpillars. I definitely know what they are.
I think fishnguy is 100% correct. Reading up on fall webworms, I think that is what they are.
BH
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08-08-2023, 02:22 PM
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Ya, they are not tent caterpillars. I definitely know what they are.
I think fishnguy is 100% correct. Reading up on fall webworms, I think that is what they are.
BH
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_webworm
Cool. Learned another new thing.
I don’t know. If I had a tiger torch…and wasn’t worried about killing the tree I’d cut the branch down and have a BBQ.
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08-08-2023, 02:40 PM
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NAPALM!! 
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08-08-2023, 06:31 PM
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08-09-2023, 08:08 AM
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Not my tree, it's my neighbor across the road so I like the tiger torch idea!!HAHAHA 
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08-09-2023, 08:13 AM
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Fall web worms You might want to encourge him to eradicatye them
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08-09-2023, 08:19 AM
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Oh he will be......He is very motivated to get them off his tree.
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