{"id":543,"date":"2017-07-01T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/?p=543"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:22:33","slug":"fall-webworms-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/fall-webworms-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Fall webworms at work<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/webworms-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"a thick web covering the end of a branch from a bush.\" class=\"wp-image-544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/webworms-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/files\/2022\/12\/webworms.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fall webworms feed on leaves at the tips of tree branches in late summer and fall. Photo by H.N. Kolich.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Kolich, ANR Agent, UGA Extension Forsyth County<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall is still eight weeks away, but fall webworms are already eating tree leaves. These caterpillars stay safely in a silken web at branch tips, which they expand to other branches as they run out of food. While unsightly, the annual feasting of fall webworms usually doesn\u2019t cause significant damage to mature trees. Easy controls include pruning out infested branches or knocking down the nest and exposing the pests to hungry birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is still eight weeks away, but fall webworms are already eating tree leaves. These caterpillars stay safely in a silken web at branch tips, which they expand to other branches as they run out of food. While unsightly, the annual feasting of fall webworms usually doesn\u2019t cause significant damage to mature trees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}