These worms use over 100 different plants as their food.
Carpet bag worm.
Full size bags may range in size from 1 2 inches long.
The eggs hatch in late spring or early summer when super tiny black larvae emerge.
Begin looking for bagworms during the winter or early spring.
Dispose of the contents of the vacuum bag immediately.
Upon hatching young larvae crawl out of the bottom of the bag and start to feed and construct silken shelters over their bodies.
No matter what type of larvae you are dealing with it is best to remove them as quickly as possible through meticulous cleaning.
The worm is controlled with insecticides because of this reason.
They are covered with dead needles so they appear more noticeable in contrast to the green deciduous needles at this time.
If you re at home thinking what is this freaky small gray bag hanging from my wall then you might have a plaster bagworm.
The snailcase bagworm constructs their bags when larvae drop to the ground on silken threads and make c shaped cases around themselves.
After a week clean the objects thoroughly.
Females lay 500 1000 eggs in each bag during the previous fall.
Bagworm control starts with understanding the worm itself.
The caterpillars use their.
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 egg sacks are brown and one and a half to two inches 3 8 to 5 cm long.
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.
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.
It can look like an empty case or shell.
For control of bagworms insecticides should be sprayed on young larvae during late june or early july.
Bagworms are slow spreading because the female doesn t fly around.
The bag is spindle shaped made from silk and camouflaged with small bits of bark foliage and other debris obtained from the host tree or plant.
Evergreen bagworms attach their bags mainly to evergreen trees making it look like pinecones.
At 2 mm they re barely larger than a pinhead which makes them light as a feather.
Slit like openings are located at each end.
This is the best time to apply insecticides for bagworm control as feeding by these moths slow down by august.
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.
Bagworm sacks can be very hard to find because they look like pine cones.
This pest overwinters as eggs inside the female s abdomen inside the bag she constructed.
