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Bagworms [View all]
This morning I noticed that a dwarf spruce at the corner of the house is infested with bagworms—there are hundreds of those little brown pupae constructed of needles from the tree. I looked into treating the infestation, but it’s to late in the season for spraying to be effective and I don’t want to spray anyway because the tree is flanked by echinacea and Russian sage, which attract bees. So I’m going out at dusk, when the bees are hopefully home in bed, and hand picking the pupae off the tree. Wish me luck.
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