George's Jungle Worms
Aug 3, 2012 02:34:36 #
These worms eat my Pecan tree every year
These Worms eat my Pecan tree every year
Aug 4, 2012 12:56:11 #
bygeorge wrote:
These worms eat my Pecan tree every year
Back home they called them Catawba worms, great fishing bait.
Aug 4, 2012 13:06:47 #
Aug 4, 2012 15:05:11 #
Aug 4, 2012 17:46:06 #
frenchcoast wrote:
Back home they called them Catawba worms, great fishing bait.
bygeorge wrote:
These worms eat my Pecan tree every year
Back home they called them Catawba worms, great fishing bait.
Hey,Frenchcoast.I looked it up in Wyman's Encyclopedia they weren't real specific but my worms seem to be Leaf case bearer worms,I like Catawba term better.Fishing bait ! ,what a good idea i'll have to try that
:thumbup: Thanks.
Aug 4, 2012 17:52:59 #
Georgiann wrote:
eweeie, kinda look like our tent catapillars
Hi Georgiann.Come to think of it ,that's what we called them as a kid in N.J.I call them just plain Ugly.
:shock: Enjoy the weekend.
Aug 4, 2012 17:59:52 #
stevenelson wrote:
We call them bag worms.
Hey Stevenelson,Bag worms is good.That's what i should do with them. :x
Aug 5, 2012 00:36:31 #
bygeorge wrote:
Hey,Frenchcoast.I looked it up in Wyman's Encyclopedia they weren't real specific but my worms seem to be Leaf case bearer worms,I like Catawba term better.Fishing bait ! ,what a good idea i'll have to try that
:thumbup: Thanks.
frenchcoast wrote:
Back home they called them Catawba worms, great fishing bait.
bygeorge wrote:
These worms eat my Pecan tree every year
Back home they called them Catawba worms, great fishing bait.
Hey,Frenchcoast.I looked it up in Wyman's Encyclopedia they weren't real specific but my worms seem to be Leaf case bearer worms,I like Catawba term better.Fishing bait ! ,what a good idea i'll have to try that
:thumbup: Thanks.
Just be careful using them for bait, this is in reference to a couple kids I know were going fishing and had collected a good double handful of the catawba worms. Finding out they were to have to wait until the next day for fishing they put the worms in an empty Rice Crispies box to keep. One of the boys mom came by saw the box and picking it up put it in the refrigerator where it usually resided. Yep, next morning the boys sister let out a terrible scream, she had poured herself a bowl full of what she thought was Rice Crispies. My aunt beat the tar out of my cousin and me.
Thats a true story now over 55 years later when I get the chance i'll pick a few catawba worms for fishing, my fishing buddy has passed on but I still remind his sister of the Rice Crispies every time the family gets together
Enjoy your fishing trip Catawba worms are excellent bait.
Aug 5, 2012 02:25:48 #
frenchcoast wrote:
quote=bygeorge quote=frenchcoast quote=bygeorge... (show quote)
Too Funny, :thumbup:
Aug 6, 2012 12:07:05 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
Definitely not Catawba worms. The only thing I have ever seen Catawba worms on was a Catawba tree. It has big spade shaped green leaves. The worms are when fully grown about 2 inches long and 1/4 inch in diameter black with thin yellow strip top part of body each side. They do make great fishing bait. Cooked a little in boiling water and frozen can be used long after the worms are gone from the tree. We call the worms in your picture bag worms and they do get in our pecan trees. Can be sprayed and many old timers used a burning rag on the end of a long cane pole to get rid of them.
Aug 6, 2012 22:17:55 #
OK,i looked up Catawba worms and found"The Catalpa Tree sometimes called Catawba-two species in North America...great fish bait" Thought i was out of fish bait as it turns out i planted a Catalpa seed from my neighbors tree in my yard and now is ten feet high.My neighbor was a devout fisherman,he has passed on now.I'll just wait for some larvae (worms)to show up.Now all i need are some canes and rags to fire up the bagworm webs in my Pecan tree,Thanks MCHUGH have a good one.
Aug 7, 2012 08:08:12 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
bygeorge wrote:
OK,i looked up Catawba worms and found"The Ca... (show quote)
Be careful with the fire. It works better than poison because getting through the web is necessary. I was serious about boiling the worms and freezing them. Don't over cook them. Also if your wife is like mine I suggest you do it while she is out shopping, women can really get upset about cooking worms in cooking pots. LOL
Aug 7, 2012 22:58:15 #
MCHUGH wrote:
quote=bygeorge OK,i looked up Catawba worms and f... (show quote)
Great advice,will do,thanks.Shoot um up.
Aug 8, 2012 23:17:50 #
Those look really similar to what they call "Fall Web Worms" around here. They're becoming a problem in our area because we've been having cooler-than-normal summers for the past couple of years. They've been attacking fruit trees and especially walnuts and madrones.
This pic of an infested plum branch was shot today, moments before they were torched...
This pic of an infested plum branch was shot today, moments before they were torched...
Aug 1, 2013 20:34:20 #
bygeorge wrote:
OK,i looked up Catawba worms and found"The Ca... (show quote)
We have catalpa trees and Catawba wine in Indiana. I've seen worms on the catalpa but not in the wine. They used to smoke (as in cigarettes) the catalpa beans in the pods and fish with the worms. I don't know which they do first. The catalpa near the house died several years ago. I walked back in the woods behind the barn where I thought there was one and didn't see it. Sorry, no pics, just skeeters.
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