Fall webworms are always interesting in that some years it seems like they are everywhere, and other years they are pretty sparse. Fortunately, this year seems like one of the sparse years, but none of that matters if you have them in your trees. Since there are certain areas of town that seem to be getting hit pretty hard with fall webworms, let’s talk about what they are and what you can do about them.
Like a lot of insects that we call worms, they are not worms at all but instead are caterpillars that will eventually become a moth. Since moths are primarily nocturnal, we likely don’t see many adult fall webworm moths. While they are found in most of North America, Asia and Europe, in Oklahoma they seem to particularly enjoy the eastern part of the state, as do we.
As is true with quite a few insects, fall webworms overwinter as pupae with each female laying between 400 and 500 eggs typically on the underside of leaves. These eggs are a light green in color. People are also reading.
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