Hand-picking bagworms best option

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: August 26, 2006 | Copyright information

K-State Research and Extension

Infested trees and shrubs can develop such a ragged appearance by late August that homeowners want to make time for a bagworm treatment.

"By mid-August, though, most bagworms have completed their feeding and tied off their bags, remaining inside," said Bob Bauernfeind, entomologist with Kansas State University Research and Extension. "So, spraying won't work, because you'll just be spraying bag...

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