Eee Gads! It’s a bagworm invasion!

Here in southwestern Missouri that bagworm invasion is on. It pays to go outside during the early weeks of July and check your trees and evergreens for little objects that look like Christmas tree ornaments hanging form the branches. This is the larval form of the Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis or bagworm. Heavy infestations can do damage to trees and shrubs, so it pays to hand pick them where you find them and make sure they get destroyed!