Oh what a surprise I saw when I looked out my window and noticed the top of one of my arborvitae was a nice shade of brown. Upon closer inspection I realized the bagworms had gotten over on me and destroyed almost half of my 20 ft tree. It just amazes me how these things sneak up on you. I drive past this tree several times a day and never noticed a thing until half of the tree was brown. The unforunate thing is at this point there is nothing I can do about it. The worms are in safely protected in their bags. Nature does amaze me, there I have a row of 6 arborviate and the bagworms choose one and the others don't have a spot or bug on them.
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Bagworms- Mary Cummings
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Mary Cummings (left), Jerry Frecon and Michelle Casella, of the Rutgers (University) Cooperative Research and Extension of Gloucester County, blog about gardening, produce and farm products in New Jersey. Cummings is a program associate in agriculture and resource management, Frecon heads the county extension department, and Casella is an agricultural agent.
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