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27-05-2008, 04:10 PM
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| | | Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
I have just been out into the garden to right some of the plants knocked over in our recent wild weather. I noticed, all in one place, some tiny white worm/caterpillar-like things on the apple tree. They are about 1cm long and are in what looks like an untidy spider web. Any idea what they might be? Should I try to persuade them away from the apples? |
27-05-2008, 04:54 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Here is a picture of them.  |
27-05-2008, 05:25 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Hi
they are possible Apple Ermine moth larvae - Yponomeula malinellus.
neil |
27-05-2008, 06:00 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
I think you may be right - now what do I do about them? |
27-05-2008, 06:41 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Quote:
Originally Posted by bendog  I think you may be right - now what do I do about them? | Employ some Blue Tits!  |
27-05-2008, 06:53 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Quote:
Originally Posted by aeshna5 Employ some Blue Tits! |
top answer 
neil |
27-05-2008, 06:56 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Do we have a Help Wanted section on these boards?
Wanted: Blue Tits to eat caterpillars on Apple Trees, good rates of pay and supplementary feeding when necessary. |
27-05-2008, 06:59 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.E. Derbyshire
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
so what is the minimum wage for blue tits these days? |
27-05-2008, 07:42 PM
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| | | Re: Tiny worms/caterpillars on apple tree
Board and grub(s) usually does it for them as they have not got pockets for hard cash. | | |
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