Gypsy Moth/Tent & Oakworm/Sponge Caterpillar Tree Band Barrier Tape Protection

The media could not be loaded. Works ! They cannot pass the tape ! I was pretty impressed .. see video !

The media could not be loaded. This product doesn't adhere well to hardwood trees and the tape falls off the tree after a heavy rain.You’re better off buying black duct tape from Home Depot and wrapping trees with one or two wraps.The smooth side of duct tape acts as a slippery barrier for gypsy moths. Duct tape adheres well to trees and doesn’t come off after a heavy rain.Duct tape is also a lot more affordable and available.

The media could not be loaded. Sure enough, the tent caterpillars are avoiding the tape. We will see how it holds up in rain. I took away 1 star because the tape isn’t as sticky as I had hoped. Also, the sticky side is not completely sticky—just strip down the middle.

This tape really does work! I've been using it the past 2 summers and just bought more to tape my Aspens again before this summer. 3 years ago my 15 ft Aspen had all it's leaves eaten by caterpillars (we call them tent caterpillars) so the next spring I bought some of this tape. Haven't had a problem since! But, there's a trick to using the tape since the adhesive leaves a lot to be desired. It barely stays put after you first put it on let alone after it rains, it gets cold, the winds blow, etc. I can't think of any smoother bark trees than Aspens so rough bark isn't the problem. But there's a solution. Just apply more than what they recommend (I apply about a 4 to 6 inch band) and then secure the top and bottom with duct tape. This will hold the caterpillar tape in place and give you a full year of caterpillar control. The duct tape will also stretch as the tree grows (especially important for saplings) so you're not hurting the tree. Even with this extra step I thought the tape was so effective I still gave it a 5 star rating!

Great fir smooth bark trees. Not the best solution for trees with deep bark crevices.

We purchased this for a non-chemical way to take care of tent worms on our Pecan trees. We did as the directions told us to by using a small strip of fabric at the top, but it did not work for tent worms. We put the tape up in early spring before the tree fully budded out. We did stop other types of insects from getting past it, but were very disappointed about the outbreak of tent worms. Oh well........

I put this tape up yesterday around some of the fruit trees in my young orchard, and here is what it looked like the next morning! Will this tape protect the hardwood forest behind our house? No. But will it help us protect the specimen trees in our front yard. Yes! Even if this doesn't hold up after some hard rain (and I don't know that it won't), its still worth it to keep these creepy caterpillars out of my apple trees! And very gratifying to see them fruitlessly trying to cross the tape. Tape sticks well to itself, but not to the tree.Update: Just added the second picture, which is of our mountain ash. The bark is very rough, so I took the manufacturer's tip and put a cloth strip around the bark under the tape. This gives me the 'uggies' just to look at it! Wish I'd put this tape up sooner, before they'd decimated the leaves. Next year...And by the way, the tape I put up a few days ago just went through a hard rain and still seems fine.

Went on fine. Not as sticky as I thought they would do. Gypsy caterpillars Didn't seem to want to cross them. I put them on about 10 trees, varying in diameter and type. When we got a rain a couple days after I put them on they came off about 1/3 of the trees. They fell of a maple and sycamore tree first. Then a red maple, Then an apple tree, etc. Did the job for a couple of days. They're still on the smooth barked, 4 inch diameter plum tree. One would expect them to last the season! By day 10, the tape is loosely attached and the caterpillars are walking across the tape. In one place they've eaten some of it!