webworm
noun
web·worm
ˈweb-ˌwərm 
: any of various caterpillars that are more or less gregarious and spin large webs
Examples of webworm in a Sentence
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Residents are normally advised to wait until sod webworm feeding is noticed by chewing of grass blades before applying a control.
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Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
Even if there is some sod webworm damage, lawns can quickly recover with normal care.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
Fall webworms are the larvae of moths that are actually quite mobile.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019
Only when feeding sod webworms are found in the lawn are sprays effective.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
These types actually combat a variety of pest species, including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018
Regardless, the webworms inside will emerge as moths in the spring.
—Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 7 Aug. 2017
The webworms are gone and only pellets of excrement remain in the web.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 12 July 2018
Lawn moths arrived early; control sod webworms when chewing damage is noted.
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—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 June 2018
Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
Even if there is some sod webworm damage, lawns can quickly recover with normal care.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
Fall webworms are the larvae of moths that are actually quite mobile.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019
Only when feeding sod webworms are found in the lawn are sprays effective.
—Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2019
These types actually combat a variety of pest species, including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018
Regardless, the webworms inside will emerge as moths in the spring.
—Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 7 Aug. 2017
The webworms are gone and only pellets of excrement remain in the web.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 12 July 2018
Lawn moths arrived early; control sod webworms when chewing damage is noted.
20.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 June 2018
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