My catalpa trees have worms on them that are already so large that they are falling off and buring up. If you want to come and pick some, FREE, call me at 655-8513. I live in Benton, La. 265 Oakridge Drive on the west side of the railroad tracks.
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My catalpa trees have worms on them that are already so large that they are falling off and buring up. If you want to come and pick some, FREE, call me at 655-8513. I live in Benton, La. 265 Oakridge Drive on the west side of the railroad tracks.
This year I planted four trees on my place to have worms in the future. Next year I might want to get some worms to put on my trees and get them started. It will depend on how well the trees grow this year.
Hello sirs,
call me young and ignorant, but what do you catch with these worms? I am assuming that they are grub-like. Am I correct? Can anyone give me some info on these little nasties?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
Mark they make good Bream bait but can't be beat as Channel Catfish bait.
I have planted trees in several locations but never needed to transplant worms on mine. The moths fly in from surrounding trees in the area and drop eggs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charliee
There is one tree in my yard and one next door; no worms. From what I've read the trees have a bloom and the scent attracts a type of butterfly that lays the eggs. Withot the butterfly you have no worms. At least that's what I read while trying to figured out why I had no worms......
Mark, like nimrod said, they are really good catfish bait. They are good for other stuff but I mostly use em for catfish. Not only are they good bait, but they are tuff too. You can usually catch several fish on one. We used to always put them in corn meal and freeze them to use them later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonar Mark
This is new to me. Never have heard of this before. Does anyone have a picture? I may have them as well and don't know it. Thanks for posting.
They are the larvae of the catalpa sphynx moth and are host specific to catalpa trees (sometimes people call them catawba worms and if you are in a place like where freebird lives you may even hear names like togger wormsrotfl)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
The eggs hatch and the caterpillars climb the tree and feed off the leaves and when you put them on a hook the caterpillars turn into catfish! Excellent bait and tough too
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We used to have several trees, they never did produce much though and certainly didn't produce we'll enough to freeze any for later.
Thanks for the post. Haven't seen them around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duck Butter
We have about 15 trees here, Most of them bloom. There are some that never have had a single worm on it, But we have several too small to bloom that gets every leaf stripped. The Eggs are from a small Moth about 3/4 inch long. Big worms are 3" long , Chartruse in color with Black stripes that run the legnth of its body, ITs about the size of a ball Point Pen. If you use them live put leaves in with them, and lots of ventilation, and can not be left in the sun . Too many worms in a container die quick. When the worms fall out of the tree they burrow into the ground where they Pupate and emerge next year as the little brown moth.
They like young trees a friend of mine has an uncle that would cut back his trees every year and the butterflies would lay eggs on the fresh young leaves. He had thousands of worms on his 10 trees. We kept them in cornmeal in the ice box until we used them. You could catch as much as 20 bream on 1 worm cut into 3 or 4 pieces they are tough little buggers. I caught plenty of catfish on them while fishing for bream also, they're good bait if you can find them but its hard with all the pesticides that are used these days. I've only seen worms on a few mature trees and figure it's just by chance they were on them because I never saw them again.
these were popular when I was a kid.....not many folks had $$$ to buy bait.....my uncle had a tree which provided the whole family......we did the cornmeal thing back then also....that was 60 years ago.....thanks for the reminder of old times....
Few years ago I was bank fishing on Saline Bayou (Natchitoches Parish) and saw catalpa trees in the woods with worms on them. I didn't know they grew and certainly didn't think they'd have worms with all the critters around to eat them.
A lot of the old home places have old trees on the property. If there is enough sun light there will be uddles of little trees that could be dug up and transplanted. Most people that own the land would be glad to see the decendants of those trees go on to put the sparkle in a childs eyes.
How long do you think they'll be around? Would love to have some, but not sure when I could get over there. Thanks a bunch for the offer!
That's a neat offer and cool thing to read----- I haven't seen any decent catalpa worms in years around NW Louisiana and am glad there's still some here. I always thought the fire ants ran them off or whatever. Either way, I'm always looking just for fun but haven't seen any. They do make super catfish bait!
When I was a kid, the tree produced year after year. Now, I can't remember the last time it had a worm in it. The butterfly must not like Ville Platte. But then, who does? I"M JUST JOKING !!! I'm from Ville Platte. I can say that.
I love it! :) Half my family lives down the road by the Crawfish Barn!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dapet
There are three varieties of catalph trees. Does anyone know for certain if all three will have the worms or are they only associated with the one with the long bean pods?
Must've missed this post. Good read.as I've been meaning to do som reading on maintaining the trees.
My pops bought a camp house near his hunting lease in Waynesboro, MS at the end of August. Best thing about the camp, other than being a mile from the lease is Maynor Creek reservoir is directly across the street. He's got two trees that were completely covered at the time he bought it.
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Thank you for your reply. What I meant is there are the typical catalpha trees with the long bean pods
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...D_HdyQ4k_gmcZs Catalpa bignonioides
one that has seed pods that look like Japanese lanterns: Purple Catalpha
https://www.willisorchards.com//syst...jpg?1370582536 Catalpa Erubescens 'Purpurea'
ad what is often called the urban umbrella tree her in the north. The seed pods are more slender:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a_20060624.jpg Catalpa Bignoidas 'Nana'
I live in Maryland and have all three varieties. I would suspect that there is not much between species.
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