Silken, web-like nests are a common site this time of year and are a signal of fall’s arrival. The fall webworm is a web-spinning caterpillar that likes to make its presence known every fall. While ...

IT IS NOT difficult to spot the ugly nests of the fall webworm this time of year. The fall webworm is a native pest of trees and shrubs. It makes its appearance in late summer to early fall and ...

It’s webworm season. The squirmy bugs are actually caterpillars and they can create some sticky situations in area trees. “They develop this web around them to protect them from the birds,” Lou Meyer, ...

Fall webworms are always interesting in that some years it seems like they are everywhere, and other years they are pretty sparse. Fortunately, this year seems like one of the sparse years, but none ...

Large webs have been spotted in trees along Ohio highways, and the culprit? Fall webworms.Fall webworms, which are native insects, typically become more apparent in late summer and early fall, ...

Learn how to tell spring tent caterpillars from fall webworms, why their silken tents appear in fruit trees, and how anglers use the caterpillars for bait. I took this photo on Easter Sunday, April 5.

Question: I have a large piece of property and so many of my trees have large webbing on the branches. Are my trees dying and do I need some type of control?