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So many tent caterpillars and cankerworms this year

Elanor Gardner

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Any ideas for reducing the giant population of tent caterpillars and cankerworms that I have this year? The tent caterpillars are dropping out of the trees on little webs like mad, and the cankerworms can eat a plant into swiss cheese in one day.

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Timothy Norton

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I've found, in the case of tent caterpillars, that taking a stick and ripping a hole in their 'tent' allows the birds to swoop in and take care of the problem for me.

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Anne Miller

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I really like Timothy's solution.

The only other solution that I know of would be to spray them with a soap solution.

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