'Ornaments' are homes to bagworms. From: Blade (Toledo, OH) | Date: August 23, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Blade. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Kelly Heidbreder

Aug. 23--If your crab apple tree looks like it has holiday ornaments hanging from its branches, look again. Those objects may be bagworms.

Amy Stone, Ohio State University extension agent, says she is seeing more and more bagworms in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

"For years, I would not be able to even find them," she says. "The Kroger store at Holland-Sylvania and Bancroft has a pretty high population on the cra...

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