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Thanks for the suggestion looks possible I like spinosadThumbs Up I'm looking for all options and comments too I loathe the darn things there killing my white oak trees

 

Tree banding.
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Tree banding.
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Thank you Barry have you used bt before?
If I have to hire a tree service what would be the recommended treatment? Hope that this post will help others too the outbreak has been building for three years :hammerhead:

 

Be sure to pick off all the gypsy moth egg masses that you can find and reach. And other types of tree bands are available. Bands of sticky glue. Bands of paper covered with glue. Bands of aluminum foil covered with Teflon--this is so slippery they cannot climb up the band. Curve and angle it so they all cluster together trying to climb. Use a fly swatter when they cluster in groups.

Do you have a toad? Make a little shelf for your toad so he can zap them with his tongue as they climb. LOL!

True, Bt is easier and more effective; ( spray when they are young). Old and tough are nearly impossible to kill.

http://fyi.uwex.edu/gypsymothinwisconsin/making-a-burlap-barrier-band-trap/

 

Be sure to pick off all the gypsy moth egg masses that you can find and reach. And other types of tree bands are available. Bands of sticky glue. Bands of paper covered with glue. Bands of aluminum foil covered with Teflon--this is so slippery they cannot climb up the band. Curve and angle it so they all cluster together trying to climb. Use a fly swatter when they cluster in groups.

Do you have a toad? Make a little shelf for your toad so he can zap them with his tongue as they climb. LOL!

True, Bt is easier and more effective; ( spray when they are young). Old and tough are nearly impossible to kill.

Thank you for the tips Riggle I've been smashing the bastids for two three years and destroying their eggs when possible but each year there seems to be more I'm looking at All possible options ! If I could of afforded it last season I would have called a tree service that's still my last resort and I want to know ahead of time what the options are and what they should use also

PS Did I mention I absolutely hate these imported destructive sobs

 

You might want to try a natural product that is very effective. DE--(diatomaceous earth).
Notice that the link mentions "caterpillars".

I am not sure if you can mix it with water and paint it in bands on your tree. I saw nothing that recommended this.
So you may have to dry apply it somehow.
http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com/diatomaceous-earth-insect-list.html

Pictures of the egg masses.
https://www.google.com/#q=gypsy+moth+eggs+picture&*

 

Thanks Riggle all your great tips are awesome most of the eggs are on higher branches this year even more so looks like I might be climbing if all else failsThumbs Up

 

They are here !! Caterpillarz are out :hammerhead:
Absolutely hate these dam things what a useless invasive pest

 

They're here

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Oh God! Gypsy moths destroyed the hardwoods in Maryland 15 or so years ago. I hope I never see another one. Good luck

 

Thanks there on the path to killing my white oaks :angry:
Third year of heavy infestation hopefully they'll get the disease it's wet this year:gunsfirin

 

Destructive little creeps aren't they!
Tree banding as mentioned. I used Tree Tanglefoot to but over the banding. It's a really sticky substance made from natural gum resins, oils and waxes.

 

Destructive little creeps aren't they!
Tree banding as mentioned. I used Tree Tanglefoot to but over the banding. It's a really sticky substance made from natural gum resins, oils and waxes.
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Thanks wye oak they're a true invasive pest:angry:
They'll defoliate your wye oak tree in a minute:laugh:
How much$ and where you get the big bucket of tanglefoot?

 

Not sure about other areas but here we also have a big problem with winter moth. Those little green inch worms will be chomping on leaves very soon, if not already. Tree ban for them when they come out to mate in November.

 

We had those two seasons ago bad,but a storm blew em out to sea:waving::clapping: I treat my stuff for them the Gypsy moths are way up in the trees and are in the millions

 

Its a good rant because its a serious problem!
The winter moths ate every single leaf off a huge maple in my yard. It did send out a second set of leaves though..
Some old timer said the state used to spray for gypsy moths, wonder why not anymore

 

They ate the first set of leaves and damaged the second flush they used to spray to control the spread of them they are an imported invasive pest no natural predators:hammerhead:

 

On my personal trees I used burlap tied to the trunk like a skirt. They would crawl up under it and every morning I pull up the skirt and pluck all of the off. Though them in a pale of dish soap and water. Pain but it worked. I had several HUGE oaks and I was determined to win. Tried the sticky tape but that was rather ugly and a true pain to remove from the tree.

 

Back in the 80's Gypsy Moths were defoliating forests in NJ & NY. I managed the pesticide division for a North Jersey Tree company. We had eleven, one thousand gallon spray rigs applying Sevin 12 hours a day, 5 days a week to residential properties.
About that time a fungus was introduced to kill Gypsy Moths. It took few years to take hold but it did turn out to be effective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophaga_maimaiga
Now the State monitors for egg sacks to determine if aerial spraying is required for hot spots.
http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/pi/prog/gmquestions.html

 

Thanks Barry they got wiped out five to ten years ago by the fungus they said it was too dry last year for the fungus I'm hoping this year with all the rain they all get wiped out

 

It's so bad here you can see the brown areas of defoliation from space pictures ie Google Earth

 

The little creeps wiped out this area in Exeter, RI last year

 

Reminds me of a quote from the walking dead show.
Morgan: "They might not seem much one at a time, but in a group all riled up and hungry..man you watch your behind"

 

I remember walking in the park across from my house during the last "invasion". Sounded like it was starting to rain but it was something falling from the trees. Later I was watching a National Geographic report about these buggers and they said if you listen closely you can hear their excrement falling on the leaves. You really can.

 

Ya it's sick but true and get a turd in your eye furget bout it:hammerhead:

 

No pun intended. For the moth problem, sounds like what's needed are bats man. They are a natural predator right? Put some bat caves in those forest!

 

The bats would fall out of the sky stuffed to the limit and the caterpillarz still be munching on the trees only a few birds eat them but there's millions!! Only enemy is a fungus and parasitic fly

 

Tree banding.
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Banding is one of the methods suggested for applying a product I am using for control of a new pest we have here. Crape Myrtle Bark Scale.
The product is a systemic called Zylam. It is knocking the snot out of this difficult to control scale we have. I'll bet it'd work on this Gypsy Moth problem. At least on a landscape to landscape basis.