How to Kill Web-Worms in Springfield and Ozark Missouri
Channel: Buddy Huggins
Date: 2016-09-24

Tips for Controlling Fall Web-worms What to do about web-worms? There are several schools of thought on the best way to kill webworms. Fall webworm control runs the gamut from insecticides to burning the nests. Yes, webworm treatment may extend to the lengths of burning the nests, but read on. 

Controlling fall web-worms may be difficult due to their sheer large numbers and the variety of trees which they attack. Damage to such cultivars of hickory, mulberry, oak, pecan, poplar, redbud, sweet gum, willow and other ornamental, fruit and nut trees may require a specific webworm treatment as the best way to kill webworms. What to Do About Webworms A webworm treatment for control of fall web-worms that is highly recommended is the use of dormant oil. 

The best way to kill webworms with dormant oil is in the early spring while the tree is dormant. Dormant oil is preferable due to its low toxicity and easy availability; any local garden supply store will have it. Dormant oil attacks and kills the overwintering eggs. The control of fall webworms also includes the more toxic varieties of insecticides, such as Sevin or Malathion. Sevin is a web-worm treatment which kills the webworms once they are outside of the nest. 

Malathion works in much the same manner; however, it will leave a residue on the tree’s foliage. Orthene is also an option for fall web-worm control. And last but certainly not the least dramatic method, is to burn them out. Some folk’s utilize a propane torch attached to a long pole and burn out the webs. I can name a couple of sound reasons for the insanity of this method of fall webworm control. Controlling fall webworms via this route is dangerous due to the flaming webs one must dodge, the probability of making a conflagration of the entire tree and not least, the difficulty in hanging onto a stepladder with a flaming 20 foot pole! However, to each his own. 

The safest and most effective method of what to do about webworms is as follows: Prune the tree in the spring and spray with a lime-sulfur and dormant oil spray. As buds begin to break, follow up your webworm treatment by spraying Sevin or Malathion and repeat in 10 days. Also, make sure to clean up any leaf debris to remove overwintering pupation populations.   

Read more at Gardening Know How: Webworm Treatment: Tips For Controlling Webworms http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/controlling-fall-webworms.htm

By Amy Grant

Read more at Gardening Know How: Webworm Treatment: Tips For Controlling Webworms http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/controlling-fall-webworms.htm

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