Effective bagworm pesticide for heavy infestations of bagworms.
Evergreen bagworm pesticide.
However winds can blow the worms from plant to plant which will spread bagworms quite efficiently.
Bagworm sacks can be very hard to find because they look like pine cones.
Bagworm egg sacks are brown and one and a half to two inches 3 8 to 5 cm long.
Knowing how to get rid of bagworms is half the battle.
The bagworm is most common in southern regions of pennsylvania.
It is recommended for use on ornamental shrubs and fruit trees.
Begin looking for bagworms during the winter or early spring.
Bagworms are slow spreading because the female doesn t fly around.
How to get rid of bagworms.
They are covered with dead needles so they appear more noticeable in contrast to the green deciduous needles at this time.
Bagworms construct a bag around themselves made of plant debris presenting a challenge to control efforts.
This insecticide is a powerful bagworm killer and controls many other insect pests.
An insecticide with malathion diazinon or carbaryl such as ortho tree shrub insect killer available on amazon can rid you of a bagworm problem if applied to bushes and trees when the worms.
The active ingredient is spinosad a fermentation derived.
Because of this if you are using an insecticide against bagworms the penn state university extension recommends applying it early while the larvae are small and most susceptible.
The bagworm is a perennial insect pest of arborvitae juniper pine spruce and many other evergreen species including christmas trees.