Question
How do you keep from getting catawba worms on your trees? We don't fish and would rather they not eat the tree bare every summer. Suggestions?

Answer
IF you really need to you can either spray the foliage when the caterpillars are small and this will kill that population and they can not lay eggs for the next population. You may have to do this more than once. IF the tree is too large you can threat the soil around the tree with an insecticide called Bayer Advanced Tree and shrub Insect control. The roots will pick the insecticide up and carry it to the leaves and when the caterpillar eats the leaves they are killed, This will protect the tree for the growing season. Here is a web link to this product--you should be able to get it at your local garden type store. http://www.bayeradvanced.com/insects-pests/products/12-month-tree-shrub-insect-c...

OR I would contact a local fish bait dealer and sell the caterpillars to him or maybe he would know of a person who would buy them and harvest them.