Starting to get a few on 1 of my trees!!

My guess is that some members don’t have Catalpa trees in the area they live.
My catfish buddies will be harvesting them when I make the call.
They will strip the leaves twice during the summer. When it gets loaded you can actually hear them eating. No joke. Attachment 404321Attachment 404322


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I've had three different crops on my trees already this year myself.

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When I was growing up we had 1 in our yard. We always had people begging to collect worms. They were only there 1x a year for us. Yes that chewing noise is a little eerie.

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I have 4 trees and no worms yet. Normally by this time of year I would be freezing some for catfish bait later

Heck, Chuck, I thought it was going to be you sunk a tree in your lake for cover and are now catching crappie, lol.

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Heck, Chuck, I thought it was going to be you sunk a tree in your lake for cover and are now catching crappie, lol.

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I thought the same thing. Lol


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I have 4 trees and no worms yet. Normally by this time of year I would be freezing some for catfish bait later

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Not that I will ever do it, but do have to blanch them in hot water first or just throw them in the freezer. Interested in your method and any others too.
Thanks
Chuck


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Yea, they are pretty nasty. If you can get to the tents early enough you can give ‘Em a taste of your favorite flamethrower. (Not near the house!) they love cherry trees.
Bob

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Yea, they are pretty nasty. If you can get to the tents early enough you can give ‘Em a taste of your favorite flamethrower. (Not near the house!) they love cherry trees.
Bob

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Hey Bob,
With all due respect, I think you may be thinking they are what I call tent caterpillars.
Not the same as catalpa worms.
Thanks
Chuck.


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Hi Chuck. Apologies and you’re absolutely correct. I had a chance to read up a little. Some similarities in that they devastate trees. Some years much worse than others. My favorite cherry tree when it was much younger lost almost every leaf and I thought for sure it was a goner. That one tough little tree put out a second growth of leaves and I made sure that didn’t happen again. Anyway, glad you guys can put them to good use in your neck of the woods!
Bob