LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - It is sometimes easy to tell which pest is breaking out around the county by the sheer number of phone calls that I get. This week it is the walnut caterpillar that is being ...

It is sometimes easy to tell which pest is breaking out around the county by the sheer number of phone calls that I get. This week, it is the walnut caterpillar that is being found all over our ...

SAN ANGELO – Is your nut-laden pecan tree suddenly developing a “bald spot?” The culprit is probably the walnut caterpillar, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist. Dr. Charles Allen ...

During our long growing season, I get calls about caterpillars in trees and what to do about them. Caterpillars, the larvae of moths and butterflies, use tree leaves as a source of food. In turn, many ...

Fall webworms, Hyphantria cunea (Drury), are normally observed during late summer and fall when people notice the unsightly whitish or light gray webs in certain trees. Webworms enclose leaves and ...

The trees in Fort Worth survived a hot and dry summer, but are now under attack from creepy crawlies. It was a long blistering summer for the trees. The last times Fort Worth saw heat this intense was ...

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 ...

I recently heard a lecture by Jim McCormac, a biologist with the Ohio DNR. He argued that caterpillars, forest birds, and trees were dependent upon each other for survival. Each spring, deciduous ...

The fuzzy blondish caterpillars that seem to be everywhere in Louisiana right now are called fall webworms. They don't sting, but they do like tree leaves — and build noticeable webs so they can munch ...