Re: NYers beware: tent caterpillars

Thanks for the heads up EVA...will have to go out there and look for them.  
Where on Long Island are you? I am in Comma ck.  Had a problem with them  when 
I first bought the house 5 yrs ago.  Hadn't seen them since.
 
 
Holli
LI,NY
 
In a message dated 5/6/2005 7:03:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cathy.c@insightbb.com writes:

My  preferred method for removing tent caterpillars is to remove the 
entire  tent. I either cut off the branch it is on, if it has minimal 
cosmetic  impact, or take a long stick and use it to snag and remove the 
tent. In  either case, I normally put it on the burn pile and destroy.
Cathy
On  Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at 09:27 PM, EvaTEsq@aol.com wrote:

>  Yikes!  I found 4 infestations of tent caterpillars in my small   yard. 
>  Is
> there an epidemic this year or  something???  I caught two of  them 
> just as the
>  caterpillars were starting to leave the tent, and the only  thing I  
> had on hand
> in the way of pesticide was wasp spray.  It  seemed to  stop them in 
> their
> tracks.  I hope I  nipped it in the bud.
>
> Eva
> Long  Island,  NY
> Zone 6/7

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