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Del,

Don't apply Tanglefoot directly to the trunk of the tree!!   You'll end up 
bugs
piled deeply on the Tanglefoot and as soon as the bodies are one bug deep, the
following bugs just walk over their dead bodies and you have lost the effect 
of
the Tanglefoot PLUS you can't get it off the tree.

Instead, use Saran Wrap or some plastic wrap and apply the Tanglefoot to the
plastic.   Preferably put some cotton batting/fiberglas insulation under the
plastic to fill the nooks and crannies in the bark or the bugs will walk 
under the
plastic wrap.

Ideally put on two bands of Tanglefoot so that when the bottom one is covered 
with
bugs, those who walk over the dead bodies of their buddies will be trapped on 
the
second band and you can remove and replace the full band

Warm the jar of Tanglefoot in the microwave to make it easier to spread.

Tanglefoot is great for bugs whose life cycle includes a trip up or down the 
trunk
of a tree (Winter Moth) or those who hide in the soil during the day and come 
out
and climb trees to feed at night (rhododendron root weevil, climbing 
cutworms).

The tent caterpillars we have here on West Coast are the Forest and Western 
Tent
caterpillars (among others)  The female lays her eggs on the branch of the 
tree.
In the Spring, these eggs hatch and eat the leaves of the tree.  So 
Tanglefoot at
this time will not be effective.  If you do trap a caterpillar it will be 
after it
has eaten the leaves.

My books say the Eastern tent caterpillar has a similar life cycle   Winter is
passed in egg stage on branches of trees.

We use Tanglefoot on the West Coast for Winter Moth because the female is 
wingless
and climbs the tree in the Fall to lay her eggs.  The sticky bands are 
applied in
October. The caterpillars are 2 cm and bright green with narrow white stripes
along the body.  They will defoliate a tree very quickly.

I'd go with BT (Dipel) but for best results, spray in the evening because 
Dipel is
inactivated by sunlight.

Derry

Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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----- Original Message -----
From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:19 AM
Subject: [nafex] tanglefoot


: I thought i could put off needing tanglefot for a few years till the apples
: start producing, but today there are just as many catapillars as yesterday.
: Maybe they become 'army worms' when their storm troopers march across a
: field (100 feet so far), then do the 'divide and conquer' routine......one
: per tree.
: In applying tanglefoot to the tree trunk of 2 to 3 year old trees.....is it
: necessary to use alum foil-- not just apply say a 5" strip around the trunk?
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