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JB>From: "Jean B."

JB>Egad! There are little worms, green and otherwise, making tatters of my tre JB>leaves--esp. those of the maples. Will the trees survive this onslaught? D JB>anything, preferably nontoxic, stop them? If something like dormant oil spr JB>would work, I could at least spray my little Japanese maples. On Monday, I JB>will call my arborist. Thanks.

I don't have any help for you and hope they don't migrate here to Medford. Please keep us advised (except for a Norway maple tearing up our front sidewalk we like to seen eaten or gone 8-(.

BTW Might you have a gandmother originally from PEI that married a movie projectonists and settled here in Medford Hillside about

70 years ago?

Ciao, OldAck.

[Ann]

[e-mail] expounded:

They're in Medford, for sure. They're all over the state.

[Jean B.]

No, why do you ask? I wonder how long these hideous things are in a larval stage? :-(

[Jean B.]

Especially in my yard! :-( I will have to use the oil and sticky stuff this fall and hope that helps. Here I was just looking at the trees when they leafed out and thinking we had perfect shade cover. Now, all the trees look ratty. I haven't even had the heart to look at our two apple trees after I read that article. From the window, the look bad. I also haven't investigated the oaks.

The only good thing I can say is that the most of my Japanese maples don't look as bad as the other ones. I have to find some screening to put over my little seedlings though.