Comments on: Caterpillars on a Pine Tree http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/06/24/caterpillars-on-a-pine-tree/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/06/24/caterpillars-on-a-pine-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-29805 Amy Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:45:30 +0000 http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/06/24/caterpillars-on-a-pine-tree/#comment-29805 Its a shame you didn't have more time to research the little guys because you didn't have to kill them. I know your trees looked bad, but they actually do come back very nicely. It seems that the sawfly larvae know that if they kill the tree, they leave no food for their progeny. They end up leaving the needles on just the very tips of most all of the branches, then move on to the next tree. Besides a sad looking tree for a season, they are harmless. We have over 100 White Pines bordering our property and have had a bout with them in the past, and of all the pines are still just fine. Congratulations on the new baby! They are the sweetest gift known! Its a shame you didn’t have more time to research the little guys because you didn’t have to kill them. I know your trees looked bad, but they actually do come back very nicely. It seems that the sawfly larvae know that if they kill the tree, they leave no food for their progeny. They end up leaving the needles on just the very tips of most all of the branches, then move on to the next tree. Besides a sad looking tree for a season, they are harmless. We have over 100 White Pines bordering our property and have had a bout with them in the past, and of all the pines are still just fine.

Congratulations on the new baby! They are the sweetest gift known!

]]> By: Amy Greenan http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/06/24/caterpillars-on-a-pine-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-24317 Amy Greenan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:23:53 +0000 http://www.gardeningblog.net/2009/06/24/caterpillars-on-a-pine-tree/#comment-24317 Yuck. Sawfly larvae got my roses this year, but I managed to handpick enough, and some soapy spray that I still got lots of blooms anyway... and now I am seeing the occasional aphid! Pests. :( I am sorry about your pine and hope it recovers from the onslaught! Yuck. Sawfly larvae got my roses this year, but I managed to handpick enough, and some soapy spray that I still got lots of blooms anyway… and now I am seeing the occasional aphid! Pests. :( I am sorry about your pine and hope it recovers from the onslaught!

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