Bill finds fall webworms in the middle of summer. These may look nasty in trees but they are native.
Related episode: Tent Caterpillars Camp Out Together http://natureguys.org/tent-caterpillars/
Our sources for this episode include:
- Answer Man Revisited: Are there more webworms this fall? Sept 2016 https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2016/09/30/answer-man-revisited-there-more-webworms-fall/91172160/
- Fall Webworm https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/fall-webworm/
- The rise and fall of the fall webworm http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/the_rise_and_fall_of_the_fall_webworm
- Bagworms or Fall Webworms? https://wayne.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/10/bagworms-or-fall-webworms/