Show TO KILL TENT caterpillars single spray of arsenate Ar of lead when insects are observed Ober ved would stop depredations if a grower tb spraying hla fruit trees faithfully with ar senata of lead from tent or the tents may be crushed with the gloved hand when they can be neachea rea chea at a time when the caterpillars are inside or burned by a torch on the end of a pole twisted out of their place by means of a wire brush attached to the end of a long pole these remedies are effectual only when the caterpillars are in their tents early in the morning or in stormy wet weather A tingle spraying of of lead when caterpillars are observed would probably stop their depredations the forest tent caterpillars can be destroyed when they collect in bunches on the trunks of trees prune off and destroy the twigs holding the eggs |