In late summer each year, fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea) become noticeable when they build their highly visible thick white webs on the tips of tree branches. Fall webworms are moths, not worms, ...

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – Residents in Louisiana may see webbing on some of their plants this time of year. Those “webs are made by caterpillars of the fall webworm moth,” according to the LSU ...

Those webs in the trees are mostly not a return of the gypsy moth, a plague of decades last century that defoliated many trees in the region. You might say the webs are harbingers of fall. They are ...

CORVALLIS —Silken caterpillar nests that look like cobwebs have begun to appear in deciduous trees. The gauzy-looking tents at the end of tree branches are most likely fall webworm caterpillars ...

There have been several calls into the office about the webbing that is showing up on trees. The culprit behind this is a caterpillar called fall webworm. Fall webworm caterpillars build light gray ...

Q: I've got webs at the ends of some of my 'Okame' cherry branches. There are caterpillars inside. Are these gypsy moths? And if so, what should I do to stop them? A: Good guess, but no. Those are ...

Q: As I drive down the roads recently, I am seeing the ends of small branches on trees covered over by a webby material, and the leaves inside are all tan and dried up. What is this? Hyphantria cunea, ...

Fall webworms are a common sight across Arkansas from late August until late October. Don’t get too concerned — this small creature is not considered a “forest pest” because it rarely kills the host ...

Something is bugging Tigard's trees. The fall webworm has been busy pitching its cloudy tent in branches overhead. While it might bug you, the worm won't make trees unsafe, just ugly. "It's an ...

This image shows the protective webbing made by a colony of small leaf-eating worms, called fall webworms. The colony will construct a tough silk net on the end of a tree branch in late summer. These ...

Caterpillars of various types are common pests in vegetable gardens, flower beds, trees, shrubs and even lawns all through summer. I’ve been getting an unusually large number of questions about ...