When should I treat for tent caterpillars?
Remove tents by hand in early morning while the caterpillars are inside. Do not burn them out — people set trees alight doing this every year.
Why timing decides it
Cosmetic on an established tree. The tents look far worse than the damage is, and the tree refoliates.
Indiana specifics
Every spring on the wild cherry that seeds itself into Indiana fence lines.
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