Tent moth?

[monkeyallan]

Hi, can anyone could help with this. I'm assuming it's some kind of moth, but have never encountered this before. The tree has had this for 3 of 4 years, and seems to recover each year. Was wondering what control could be used.

 

cheers

[Xerxses]

Hi, can anyone could help with this. I'm assuming it's some kind of moth, but have never encountered this before. The tree has had this for 3 of 4 years, and seems to recover each year. Was wondering what control could be used.

 

cheers

 

What tree is it?

If it is a Prunus it might me Yponomeuta evonymella and can be treated with "Turex" if it can be bought in UK, it consists of "Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki/aizawa (Bt). Bt is found naturally in nature.

Edited September 2, 2009 by Xerxses
Carry on with the reply...

[skyhuck]

Is it a Sorbus, I had one smiler, with caterpillars in the webs.

 

Any advice would be great!!

 

I took some pic's but they turned out crap.

[monkeyallan]

Hi guys, first rule of P&D, identify the tree. Went and had a look at it yesterday, and it's a lime. A quick reference to Mr Strouts and Mr Winter and the answer is............lime mite, Eotetranychyus tiliarium. Does not significantly affect the overall health of the tree. I was wondering if a scrub with a mild detergent might help, as the trees owners say it has had this year on year for the last 3-4 years and although i think it is fascinating as it looks like the whole tree has been vacuum packed, they don't agree. Any suggestions would be welcome:001_smile:

[Xerxses]

Hi guys, first rule of P&D, identify the tree. Went and had a look at it yesterday, and it's a lime. A quick reference to Mr Strouts and Mr Winter and the answer is............lime mite, Eotetranychyus tiliarium. Does not significantly affect the overall health of the tree. I was wondering if a scrub with a mild detergent might help, as the trees owners say it has had this year on year for the last 3-4 years and although i think it is fascinating as it looks like the whole tree has been vacuum packed, they don't agree. Any suggestions would be welcome:001_smile:

 

Remove the Owners?

Then you can sit and enjoy the wonders of mother nature...

 

But seriously Eotetranychus tiliarum causes the leaves to turn yellow brownish and fall of prematurely. These mites winters in full-formed stage on the ground under leaves and other materials. I think your best suggestion to the treeowners is to remove all of the leaves, inorder to reduce the amount of infestation, since predators are somewhat weather sensitive:001_rolleyes:.

[Theocus]

I was just about to post something similar, just had a call from a client regarding his Tilia and he described it as cling film wrapped!!!! Turns out the small the orange bits are what i believe to be mites as they are clearly living. Its a great display of micro organisms!!!