On (29 Jan 97) Michele Mauro wrote to All...
 MM> Are tent catapillers just a nuisance, or can they damage a tree?
     If they damage a tree, does anyone know of a good (preferably safe)
     method of getting rid of them? They're cocooning a couple of trees 
     in our backyard.
So far as I know, they only eat the leaves. We had an infestation up 
north some time ago, where they ate everything in sight. They'd strip 
a whole tree almost overnight. The leaves did come back.
There is a natural enemy that you can spray. I think it's called Bacillus
Thurengesis. Dunno if it's sold around here. I saw a couple bottles at 
Big Lots last year. Must have gotten them from a business that went belly
up.
Good luck
Jimvee 
 
... A Chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.
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