Show tree bands kill worms chemically treated bands may kill as many as a thousand codling moth worms to the tree each season when thoy they leave the fruit until the end of the season codling moths seek the nearest dart dark protected place for spinning their cocoons loose boric bark on on the trunk and branches or debris on the grou ground nd normally provides suitable quarters if the trees have been scraped and the orchard thoroughly cleaned up however bands around the trunk of the tree will attract 50 per cent or more of the worms A chemically treated band automatically kills hills practically all the worms that spin their cocoons in contact with it |