"Jean B." expounded:

Egad! There are little worms, green and otherwise, making tatters
of my tree leaves--esp. those of the maples. Will the trees
survive this onslaught? Does anything, preferably nontoxic, stop
them? If something like dormant oil spray would work, I could at
least spray my little Japanese maples. On Monday, I will call my
arborist. Thanks.

Winter moths larvae. See
http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_s...inter_moth.pdf
for more info.

Here's another article from The Patriot Ledger
http://ledger.southofboston.com/arti...ews/news07.txt

It's too late to hit them with biological controls, they have to be
applied when the larvae are very small, they're too big now, I guess.

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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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