On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:16:45 -0400, "Julia Green"
wrote:


Or use a long stick. That's what I've done. The birds will eat the worms
in no time, assuming you have a good population of birds.

I have heard that in the eastern US, that Baltimore Orioles will eat
tent caterpillars. Here in the western US, there are no birds (as far
as I know) that will touch the yucky things.

Bt can be sprayed directly on the leaves, but some other posters have
recommended poisons, which should not be used.

Mechanical removal is best, unless your trees are too tall to reach
them.

We are in the middle of a maximum part of the cycle, and we have the
caterpillars everywhere. They were thick on the sidewalk, and I
figured out that they cannot swim. So I used a wet/dry shop vac
(filled with water and a little bit of biodegradable soap) to suck
them all up.