Insects eating my Pecan trees!

[chrissum]

I have 2 5 yo pecan trees are having the leaves eaten away be a blackish/white woolyworm looking insect. I cant find anything about it or how to get rid of them and they are only on the pecan trees.
Any help with how to rid of them would be greatly appreciated!

 

[journey11]

Sounds similar to the walnut caterpillars recently mentioned in this post.

Spraying with BT would do them in and it's considered organic. Good luck!

 

[chrissum]

Thanks Journey11, those are the culprits! What is the BT for getting rid of them you refer to? Thanks again!

 

[journey11]

Look for Dipel or Thuricide (may be other trade names out there too). It is a concentrated form of a naturally occuring microbial insecticide that only targets caterpillars and is very effective against them.

 

[chrissum]

Thanks again! On my way to the hardware store!

 

[chrissum]

I ended up getting Spectracide Malathion as it was the only product available in our small town hardware store. It worked well and the trees recovered nicely. Thanks so much for the help, I greatly appreciate it!

 

[MyLovelyGarden]

I ended up getting Spectracide Malathion as it was the only product available in our small town hardware store. It worked well and the trees recovered nicely. Thanks so much for the help, I greatly appreciate it!

hmm, I never tried Spectracide Malathion... might have to do that to mine next time.