Web Worms

Spring has finally arrived and I thought things were going pretty well.

As I was taking some photos of my dwarf plumb I noticed something

was wrong, something really really wrong.

It's started.

There were web worms in three different places.

Some may know them at tent worms, I think they are the same.

Regardless, they multiply quickly and will eat every leaf 

off a bush or tree in a matter of a day or two.

They got my sand cherry a couple years ago so I'm very 

careful to watch for any signs of webbing.

This one surprised me, we've had nothing but bad, cold weather

so the hatching must have happened fast.

I'll attempt to avoid sprays so I scooped as many as I could off.

This won't be enough because I surely missed several.

Then I took them to the fire and plunged them in.

I 'll have to check every day to see how the tree is doing

and keep close eye out for my sand cherry.  It doesn't have

fruit but it's that pretty deep red color and makes a nice

accent against the white siding.