OSU news release: Summer landscapes prone to bagworm, webworm infestations
By Gail Ellis STILLWATER, Okla. – In Rogers County, Billy Clark stood in his pecan orchard surveying the thousands of bagworm sacks hanging from tree branches. Bagworms and webworms are a common sight on trees and other plants in late summer, but why they are more prominent in certain years is a mystery. One is mostly harmless to host plants while the other can be quite destructive. Clark spoke recently on Oklahoma State University’s SUNUP television show about…