Three of my front yard trees are being eaten by webworms. What is the best
treatment out there to get rid of these worms?

TIA
Craig

malathion. the problem is getting anything thru the webs to the worms. cutting em
out and burning em are the organic way. or a flock of gulls. Ingrid

"Craig Cagle" wrote:

Three of my front yard trees are being eaten by webworms. What is the best
treatment out there to get rid of these worms?

TIA
Craig




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"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
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Three of my front yard trees are being eaten by webworms. What is the
best
treatment out there to get rid of these worms?

TIA
Craig

Cut down the nest and burn them...........or watch the birds chow down and
take them off to feed their hungry young.

Val

"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
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Three of my front yard trees are being eaten by webworms. What is the
best
treatment out there to get rid of these worms?

TIA
Craig


Take a stick and run them through and scatter the worms. The birds should
take care of them.

The last poster was right on target...you DON'T need to cut out the nest
(which does more harm to the tree usually). Just rake a broom handle through
the nest and it will destroy the colony.

S
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Three of my front yard trees are being eaten by webworms. What is the
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TIA
Craig

Thanks for the advice - I'm gonna run out and take care of them right now!


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On Sun, 25 May 2003 23:09:27 GMT, wrote:

malathion


Gill Damage from Malathion Occurs to Popular Sport Fish
SOURCE: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination Toxicology 43:123-130,
1989

This study shows one of the most graphic and startling consequences of
low level malathion exposure occurring to Florida Game Fish.
Scientists placed bluefish in test tanks that had received small doses
of malathion equal to the amounts that have been found to occur in the
environment after routine spraying. After 24 hours "mild degenerative
changes" were seen in the gills of the fish. After 48 hours,
researchers stated "damage was more pronounced" and after 96 hours
there was severe damage resulting in a condition known as "bulbing."
We feel this study is of such importance that we are making the
photographs of the malathion damaged gills available by clicking the
link damaged fish gill photographs.
Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio



"Nature, left alone, is in perfect balance.
Harmful insects and plant diseases are always present,
but do not occur in nature to an extent which requires the use of poisonous chemicals.
The sensible approach to disease and insect control is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment."

Masanobu Fukuoka, One Straw Revolution--1978

On Sun, 25 May 2003 23:09:27 GMT, wrote:

malathion


"Half-Truths" by Officials Hide Important Malthion Facts
There are two types of malathion that can be used in medical health
effects research. One is the "purified form" (which is approximately
99.9% malathion) and the other is called "technical grade" (which is
approximately 96.5% malathion) and is the type being sprayed over
Tampa and Lakeland. The technical grade is approximately 10 times more
potent in causing death to laboratory animals. The type of malathion
being sprayed over Tampa is not always the type being referred to in
health studies by malathion proponents. Compounding the problem, the
malathion we are being sprayed with has been "baking" in the hot
summer which research finds converts it into an even more toxic
compound.
Division of Toxicology, University of California



MALATHION UNDERGOES DANGEROUS REACTION IN SUNLIGHT
Malathion undergoes a chemical reaction in sunlight called
"photolysis" which results in increasing the formation of the highly
toxic trimethyl impurities. -
Journal of Agricultural Food & Chemistry, 27(6):1423



"Nature, left alone, is in perfect balance.
Harmful insects and plant diseases are always present,
but do not occur in nature to an extent which requires the use of poisonous chemicals.
The sensible approach to disease and insect control is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment."

Masanobu Fukuoka, One Straw Revolution--1978

dont spray malathion over water or where it leaches into water ways.
interesting, cause some people recommend using it for flukes on koi.
http://www.koivet.com/malathion.html
http://www.koi.com.my/forum/Koi_Heal..._b oys_P7617/

not that I would use it on my koi, of course. Ingrid


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