Thanks to all for your quick responses on the problem of caterpillars on the
tips of new growth on a pine. The consensus was to remove the caterpillars,
regardless of whether caused by armyworms, sawflies, webworms... which I have
done using the "SMUSH" method suggested by Jim Lewis. (The caterpillars are
small so that simply picking them off the needles probably killed them).
Anyway, I have inspected the pine tips each day since the initial infestation
which yielded about 30 pests, and found only three additional very small
caterpillars each time. Some pine needles have already been damaged and if I
can't keep the caterpillars under control, I will use the BT dust. Thanks
again.

Carol Schroeder
Columbia, MD Zone 6/7

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