Page 1
Page 1
Started By
Message

Insect/Bug/Pest ID

Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:15 am
Posted by LSUweights
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
3545 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:15 am
Seeing these on all my crape myrtle trees
Looks like a giant, long spider web with hundreds of these things crawling on them
First thought was termites, but not sure
Thanks OB





Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61611 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:23 am to
RIP crape myrtle
Posted by pointdog33
Member since Jan 2012
2765 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:42 am to
Does it look like the bugs are actually moving within the web or that they are caught in it?

Tent catepillars will make a web covering trees like that so I'm wondering if those aren't just stuck in the web rather than the web makers themselves.
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57459 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:45 am to
a good suspend SC/Bifen mix will do the trick.
Posted by LSUweights
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
3545 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:46 am to
quote:

Does it look like the bugs are actually moving within the web or that they are caught in it?


They are moving within the web
I have been keeping my eye on them for the last week
Those bugs are the ones making the web
I researched what I could and I saw something about caterpillars doing that but there are sooo many of them in the trees

They look nothing like termites
I did a heavy research on that
This post was edited on 5/9/17 at 8:49 am
Posted by LSUweights
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
3545 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:53 am to
Could this be them?

Web Like Nest in Trees
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12718 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:55 am to
I believe LSUweights got it...barklouse.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:56 am to
what brand toaster did you take those pics with?
Posted by LSUweights
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
3545 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 8:58 am to
yeah, found them
They are actually helpful to the tree
Big relief
Thanks OB

Tree Cattle
Posted by pointdog33
Member since Jan 2012
2765 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 9:02 am to
I believe that may be them. When I saw there bodies, my first thought was that looks like a chewing louse you'd see on an animal.

Posted by Huntinguy
Member since Mar 2011
1752 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 9:10 am to
I was thinking potato.....
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12718 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 9:46 am to
I'm a bonehead...didn't realize you were the OP...lmao! Didn't even pay attention to who the OP was.
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2012
13578 posts
Posted on 5/9/17 at 12:30 pm to
quote:

RIP crape myrtle


bullshite

You cant kill one with fire, gas or roundup... I doubt a few bugs are going to hurt it.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram