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Re: worms

Hello Christine;
It sounds like you have a very serious infestation of Sod Web Worms 
and something you should be worried about since it can devastate your 
lawn.  It takes some fairly powerful chemicals and the right timing to
kill them so I would suggest you have your local spray service take a
look at it.  Here in the PNW we've had an unusually heavy infestation
the last couple years and have had to replace quite a few lawn.  I'm 
not sure that they would bother woody plants but my guess it that they
may go after the roots of the softer herbaceous plants.
Richard
Beaverton, Or
On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 20:34:33 -0400 chris@gta.igs.net writes:
>Thanks everyone for the informative thread about clematis.  
>
>I just came in from weeding, and was horrified to see a large area of 
>my
>lawn infested with worms (caterpillars?)!  They are about 1-inch long,
>white, almost transparent, and they are EVERYWHERE. My husband 
>compared them
>to ashes from fireworks.  The area they are in was covered in clover, 
>and it
>is definitely dead. Also, there is a pear tree close to the area they 
>are
>living in. My flower beds are about 2-feet from the patch -- I saw a 
>couple
>in the beds -- and I am very worried about what they could do.  
>
>Does anyone know what these are, and if I should worry about them?  
>I'd
>appreciate any help at all.
>
>Christine -- Zone 5     
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