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Title Fall Webworm on Hickory
Date July 1973
Description Image of fall webworm on a hickory tree near milepost 17.6, section 1D of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph shows part of a hickory tree engulfed by fall webworm, an aesthetic pest that creates webbed nests in the late summer and autumn. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed on July of 1973.
Location Location Name: Milepost 17
Parkway Milepost: 17.0
Latitude: 37.892484
Longitude: -79.021414
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Insects
Nelson County (Va.)
Photographs
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway