re: Catalpa worms- what happened to them?

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I dunno. I'm waaaaaaay out in the country with three trees my Grandfather and I planted back in the early 70s. They used-to-be covered up and they were our go-to catfish bait.

Not anymore.

And we've never seen mosquito spray out here in these parts.

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Is anyone growing row crops around you? The pesticides they spray on row crops are more potent than the stuff the city sprays.

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Long way from Tallahassee

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text him to see if he can ship you some pupa.

Boy no kidding. We used to ride our bikes behind the spray truck because we liked the smell. And so far no tumors. Our moms preferred how we smelled in the summer after that ride than just plain sweat and testosterone. Kids are wimps today. But better humans.

Those worms are caterpillars that turn into moths/ butterflies right? Assuming people don’t have worms due to the moth/ butterflies dying from the sprays? I bet if you ‘reseeded’ with frozen worms in the spring they’d come back?

ETA: there’s a guy selling catalpa trees and pupa on eBay for reasonable prices. Probably the same guy that was posted above. He sells pupa to reload your trees.

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Is anyone growing row crops around you? The pesticides they spray on row crops are more potent than the stuff the city sprays.

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I'm surrounded by peach orchards and chicken houses but no pesticide spraying that I know of. We don't use it on our orchards or our reaper crops.

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I've been told it's due to the mosquito control spray.

I dunno. I'm waaaaaaay out in the country with three trees my Grandfather and I planted back in the early 70s. They used-to-be covered up and they were our go-to catfish bait.

Not anymore.

And we've never seen mosquito spray out here in these parts.

I thought it might be the birds at one time ... but that's not it.




I believe it's fire ants.
I killed all the ants around ours and they started producing after 20 years of no worms

I've got 2 trees out by my pasture that get worms every year. I probably have 200-300 in the freezer in corn meal. They haven't showed up yet this year. I usually don't start getting any until about mid June. I've had them eat the tree up and the leaves and them come back later in the summer.

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Growing up we had a few trees in my neighborhood that would get worms every single year. I still notice the trees all over the place, but I haven’t seen one with worms or chewed leaves in probably a decade. Is it the same where you live?

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Heated ponds with corn up north is where they are!

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Check out this guy I found on Facebook who sells trees and has his own Catalpa orchard in MS.

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Bought some trees from Mr. Ron today when he made his road trip. Very nice fella and very knowledgeable. Clyde, thanks for making the post about him.

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Where have you been getting American chestnuts?

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I've planted around 20 hybrid chestnuts at my place. My next project will be trying to increase my number of walnut trees. Have 6-8 mature trees but would like to get a bunch more.

Bought the chestnuts from here: Whitetail Hill Chestnuts

They are just across the state line in north Alabama. About 30 min from my land.