{"id":20421,"date":"2016-05-23T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=20421"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:45:08","slug":"cankerworms-causing-defoliation-in-southern-maryland-trees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/05\/23\/cankerworms-causing-defoliation-in-southern-maryland-trees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cankerworms Causing Defoliation in Southern Maryland Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Most Affected Trees Expected to Recover Fully<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 An infestation of cankerworms have eaten the leaves off of many trees in Anne Arundel and Prince Georges counties; however, entomologists with the Maryland Department of Agriculture expect most trees to survive the defoliation without difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese green caterpillars are often mistaken for the much more destructive gypsy moth,\u201d said Forest Pest Management Program Manager Bob Tatman, \u201cTheir presence, coupled with the obvious defoliation, has led some local residents to express concern about what\u2019s going on. Trees experiencing defoliation due to cankerworms usually recover completely if they are not otherwise stressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cankerworms are native insects that have exhibited small sometimes three-year outbreaks around Maryland, the last one was in 2012 to 2015 in Charles, Calvert, St. Mary\u2019s and Washington Counties.\u00a0 The outbreaks are difficult to predict and more likely to be gone after the second year than to persist.\u00a0Residents who are concerned about the cankerworm\u2019s impact on high-value trees may want to consider insecticide treatment by a licensed pesticide applicator. In addition, watering and fertilizing may also help keep trees healthy.<\/p>\n<p>For a list of licensed pesticide applicators near you, <a href=\"http:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/pesticide_db.aspx\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To see the difference between gypsy moths and cankerworms, <a href=\"http:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/fall_and_spring_cankerworm.aspx\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on Maryland Forest Pest Management, visit the program\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/forest_pest_management.aspx\">website<\/a> or call (410) 841-5922.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Affected Trees Expected to Recover Fully ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 An infestation of cankerworms have eaten the leaves off of many trees in Anne Arundel and Prince Georges counties; however, entomologists with the Maryland Department of Agriculture expect most trees to survive the defoliation without difficulty. \u201cThese green caterpillars are often mistaken for the much<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/05\/23\/cankerworms-causing-defoliation-in-southern-maryland-trees-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20423,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20421\/revisions\/20423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}