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  • Image: Fall webworm 1
    Credit: W. Cranshaw, CO State University, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Fall webworm 2

    Credit: J. A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

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    Credit: R. F. Billings, TX Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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green arrowFall webworm
Hyphantria cunea

  • Produces silken webbing that covers the ends of branches; silken tent filled with frass and leaf segments
  • Chews entire sections of leaves, leaving major veins and can defoliate trees in high infestations
  • Yellowish or greenish with long, fine white hairs with two rows of black spots down its back; approx. 1 inch long when fully grown
  • Damage occurs from late July through September
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