This Week in the Garden
Bagworms: What Do You Do in the Summer?

Bagworms are a serious pest of conifers and occasionally deciduous plants. UT Horticulture Specialist Celeste Scott identifies a bagworm hanging from an arborvitae. She says summer is not the time to spray because the worms are safe in their bags where insecticide can’t get them. If you want to spray, she says you need to do it when the worms are still small and not fully encased in their bags (late spring or early summer). In later summer you can pick them off and squish them.

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