Anyone ever heard of bagworms. We recently moved to VA and noticed several of our cedars dying with no explanation. Finally one day I saw something move and investigated. The tree was full of them. I was able to spray the rest of My trees and saved them but two of them are gonners.

We had a serious infestation of bagworms in our cedars (really junipers, I'm told) and I thought the whole top 2/3 of one was dead. I did nothing about it except spray it with a systemic insecticide, and it actually recovered over a period of a couple of years. The bagworms seem to be a big problem some years and are rarely seen in others... ?

bagworms love Eastern red cedar. Each bag contains 300 + eggs and the key to control early. The mature bags this time of year, are last summers, the femle died in the fall and contains the eggs for the new generation. Male bagworms emerged in the fall and mated with the females through an opening in the bag, Control is accomplished by removing old bags and spraying now. The eggs are hatching now or very soon, Chemical control works well with small bagworms.