{"id":1070,"date":"2018-07-18T22:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawnandhome.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2018-07-18T22:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:36:29","slug":"bagworms-in-the-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawnandhome.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/bagworms-in-the-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagworms in the Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bagworms emerging<\/em><\/p>\n

Bagworms are native to North America and can be found feeding on many landscape bushes, evergreens and trees in Kansas City, but seem most fond of arborvitaes, junipers and spruces. The visible sign that you have an infestation of this pest is the presence of light brown cocoon like bags that are covered with what seems to be juniper needles (3\/4\u201d-2\u201d long). These cocoons dangle from the branches like an ornament on a Christmas tree would.<\/p>\n

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Bagworms damaged this Juniper<\/p><\/div>\n

From late May through June; the bagworms in their caterpillar stage, will poke their heads out of their bags and begin consuming their host plant. Evergreens will quickly turn brown and their foliage will disappear as the bagworm devours it. Left to themselves, if there is a large number of bagworms on a bush; they can devastate a bush within days, but they will not stop there; they will move on to another bush to do the same.<\/p>\n

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Bagworms are coming out of their cocoons. #bugs #bug #evergreen #green #juniper #bush #bushes #shrub #shrubs #bag #worm #worms #landscape #arbor<\/a><\/p>\n

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