No matter what type of larvae you are dealing with it is best to remove them as quickly as possible through meticulous cleaning.
Carpet bag worm.
For control of bagworms insecticides should be sprayed on young larvae during late june or early july.
Full size bags may range in size from 1 2 inches long.
The caterpillars use their.
The eggs hatch in late spring or early summer when super tiny black larvae emerge.
Females lay 500 1000 eggs in each bag during the previous fall.
It can look like an empty case or shell.
If you have small objects that can fit into a zip lock bag simply place the item in the bag and freeze it for a week to kill larvae and eggs.
Bagworm sacks can be very hard to find because they look like pine cones.
This is the best time to apply insecticides for bagworm control as feeding by these moths slow down by august.
They are covered with dead needles so they appear more noticeable in contrast to the green deciduous needles at this time.
When it comes to pine trees their sacks are mistaken for actual small pine cones.
Freeze treatment is also an effective way to kill eggs.
Bagworms are slow spreading because the female doesn t fly around.
The case of the plaster bagworm is somewhat similar to a watermelon or pumpkin seed in its shape size and flatness.
What you might think is worms in your carpet is most likely the larvae of assorted insect species such as spider moth and fly larvae.
The actual worm or larva itself ranges in color from cream to brown and may be mottled with black spots.
This pest overwinters as eggs inside the female s abdomen inside the bag she constructed.
The worm is controlled with insecticides because of this reason.
Begin looking for bagworms during the winter or early spring.
The snailcase bagworm constructs their bags when larvae drop to the ground on silken threads and make c shaped cases around themselves.
Evergreen bagworms attach their bags mainly to evergreen trees making it look like pinecones.
Dispose of the contents of the vacuum bag immediately.
Bagworm egg sacks are brown and one and a half to two inches 3 8 to 5 cm long.
If you re at home thinking what is this freaky small gray bag hanging from my wall then you might have a plaster bagworm.
Slit like openings are located at each end.
These worms use over 100 different plants as their food.
Grass bagworms are attached to grass until they pupate then it attaches its bag to the sides of fences and buildings.
Eggs start hatching from late may through early june.
In the fall the insects use their silk and pieces of the tree to create a camouflaged cocoon looking bag which they fill with up to 1 000 eggs.
Bagworm control starts with understanding the worm itself.
After a week clean the objects thoroughly.
