webworm

IPA: wˈɛbwɝm

noun

  • Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar.
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Examples of "webworm" in Sentences

  • •Treat chinch bug or sod webworm problems in the lawn.
  • In fact, I don't consider webworm all that big of a problem.
  • Those small white moths are usually the adult form of sod webworm.
  • The leaves are eaten by mimosa webworm in some areas of North America.
  • ~Fall webworm, ~ [17] ~walnut caterpillar, ~ [18] ~and hickory tussock moth.
  • The fall webworm [3] and the walnut caterpillar [4] are the leaf-feeding caterpillars most commonly reported as attacking northern tree nuts.
  • This insect can be controlled with the same spray treatments that are recommended for the fall webworm, and also by crushing or burning the caterpillars when they are clustered on the lower limbs or tree trunks.
  • In the East injury is confined largely to certain caterpillars infesting the foliage, as the white-marked tussock moth, the fall webworm, a species of _Datana_, and occasionally reports of severe injury from red spider are received.
  • On other hand, the injuries caused by such insects as the webworm, the walnut caterpillar, the pecan leaf case-bearer, the Japanese beetle, and others are somewhat spectacular in that the leaves may be partly or completely consumed on portions of the trees.

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