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Tent caterpillars beginning
HARRISBURG
Homeowners should be on
the lookout for Eastern tent
caterpillars in their home
tree plantings, according to
State Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell.
The Eastern tent cater
pillar resides in the familiar
silken nest which can be
found in the branch forks
and crotches of many
Pennsylvania trees. The
caterpillars devour large
quantities of leaves and are
important tree pests.
Entire colonies of cater
pillars generally stay
together until they pupate.
Wherever they go, a fine
thread of silk is spun, and
Food price inflation fought
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Food shoppers are fighting
food price inflation, ac
cording to USDA analyst
Evelyn Kaitz. This finding is
based on the results of three
national surveys conducted
by USDA in 1976, ‘77 and ‘7B,
on major food shoppers in
about 1,400 U.S. households.
The majority are fighting
food price inflation by
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when populations are large,
they can web and defoliate
small trees
Although Eastern tent
caterpillars are not as
spectacular a defoliator as
the gypsy moth, it is still
considered an important
forest pest. Favorite hosts
for the caterpillars are wild
cherry, apple and crabapple,
but they will also feed on a
wide assortment of native
and ornamental trees in
cluding ash, birch, gum,
maple, oak, poplar, willow
and fruit trees.
Entomologists with the
Agriculture Department’s
Bureau of Plant Industry
have suggested several
measures to control the tent
jalways or almost always
comparing prices, checking
food ads and making out a
food list before shopping,
and reading ingredients on
labels before purchasing a
food product for the'first
time. Most shoppers ad
mitted to comparing prices,
and only about 15% said they
seldom or never did. The
- surveys showed the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,1979
caterpillars Tents can be
clipped off and burned at
night, when all the cater
pillars are m the nest.
Branches can also be
sprayed with either
methoxychlor 50 per cent
wettable or Sevm 50 per cent
wettable powder at a rate of
two tablespoons per gallon of<
water. The entire tree need
not be sprayed. On small
trees, egg masses can be
removed in winter.
Eastern tent caterpillars
overwinter as eggs which
hatch in April of the
following year. They feed in
the daytime outside the nest,
then return to it for shelter at
night. When feeding is
likelihood that a shopper
would compare price in
creased with household size,
but' decreased with higher
income.
The 1976 and 1977 surveys
showed only about half the
shoppers always or almost
always read the labels for
ingredients the first time
they purchased a food
product, but the number
increased to almost 60
Loganville 4-H helps
at Pleasant Acres
LOGANVILLE - The
Loganville- 4-H Club will
present a program for the
residents at Pleasant Acres
on Saturday, May 26.
The 4-H members will be
sharing some of their en
tertaining talents to the
guests. Anyone wishing to
participate m the program
should notify Crystal
Shearer, Glen Rock. Club
members attending should
meet at the Springfield
Township Building at 1:30,
May 26.
On Saturday, June 2, the 4-
H club will plant a garden for
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completed, the caterpillars
crawl down from the tree
and search for places to spin
cocoons such as fenceposts,
tree trunks and bushes. The
fully grown caterpillars are
about two inches long, hairy
and are black with a white
stnpe down the middle of the
bade and a row of bright blue
spots on each side.
The adult moths are small
drab brown moths about an
inch long. The moths lay
eggs on trees during the
Summer, in masses about %
inch long. The egg masses,
each containing about 150-
350 eggs, have a varnished
appearance and can encircle
smaller twigs.
percent by the 1978 survey.
Survey results indicated that
the probability of reading
ingredient labels increased
with family size, education
and income. The number of
shoppers claiming to read
the label for nutrition in
formation the first time they
bought a new product in
creased significantly daring
the three surveys, from 29
percent in 1976 to more than
40 percent in 1977 and 1978.
the residents at Pleasant
View. The plants will be
provided by local
greenhouses. All those in
terested in helping should
meet at the Springfield
Township building at 12:30
p.m.