Bag Worms come from the Devil

 Having worked at a Christmas Tree Farm I know a thing or two about Conifer Trees and one of them is bag worms are the death of a tree. These little parasites, if left alone, can destroy a tree over time (depending on the stress of the weather and the amount of bag worms in a tree.) It is a tedious task to remove them because there are few home sprays that are given to the general public. (Upon further research I do believe Tempo should work and you can find it at Lowes/Home Depot.) Since I no longer have access to the chemicals at the farm, I had to remove these bad boys the hard way: by hand. I started picking them off and realized it was a lot of work to remove them. Single handedly that is....ohhhhh, boys.....

I swear yesterday they weren't even in my tree and now there were tons. I went to the KY Ag website and learned that these little guys come out in Late May/early June. Well folks, we are now late July/early August. I believe due to our cooler summer and the amount of rain we have these parasites don't realize they missed their month. I soon holler at the Jedi Knights to come help me remove these things. We picked about 100 off the tree and threw them in the trash. OH MAN. I so know better. Last night I was mowing the yard when I look over and there are even more in the tree. They are building their little homes at a rapid rate. I grab another 10 off the tree. I walk over to the trash can to add them in and OMG those little bad boys had crawled their way to the top of my trash can and some of them were even hanging onto the side. THAT WAS IT. This stuff grosses me out as is, but now those little things are trying to get out. AND bag worms have the ability to make strings--kinda like a spider--and attach or fly to the nearest tree. SO NOT COOL. I knew how to kill them. Truly kill them. I came into the house and yelled to the Jedis that I needed more help with the bag worms. They were sighing and "Ah Mom-ing" me and I said, but today we have to kill them....with FIRE. Yep, that did the trick. They were all about helping if it meant burning them. It truly is the only way to kill the bastards.

Give the Jedi Knights an unused FIRE PIT and LIGHTER FLUID and they were keen to help! Woo-Hoo. I kept picking off the little jerks and they kept lighting them on fire. It was a win-win. I think we killed 90% of what was in the tree. We may have S'More picking to do later tonight. Tee- Hee. And then we will have a fun, sweet treat afterwards. We are having some of Prince Charmings work companions over for a BBQ tonight and conveniently I am thinking S'Mores will be the dessert! 

The boys swear they heard them screaming in agony. Good. (I don't really think bag worms can squeal, but if they heard it and enjoyed the torture, more power to them! Sick kids.)