Greetings Symphony Village Residents,

As you may be aware, bagworms devour and destroy trees and shrubs. Unfortunately, the infestation has been prevalent on the Eastern Shore in previous years. If you see evidence of damage/bagworm activity, it’s important to confront the problem as soon as possible to avoid complete loss of your tree/shrub and prevent bagworms from spreading.

Please carefully examine underneath all branches of your trees and shrubs consistently. An infected tree/shrub will not get better without help. You can tell if your tree/shrub has bagworms by seeing the bags (pictured below) hanging from twigs and branches of trees/shrubs. These camouflage bags, which can be green or brown, contain the larvae.

• One way to kill insects is to pick their bags/nests off the tree/shrub or cut their bags/nests in half to kill the larvae. Place all insect bags/nests into a plastic bag and tie it tight to keep them from escaping.
• Spray the bags/nests with a strong insecticide. This time of year, however, spraying may only be partially effective. The insecticide may also harm other beneficial insects, so please ask a local arborist or tree service if you need help.
• Contract with a professional contractor of your choice.

If you see evidence of bagworms on a tree that is not on your property, especially a common area tree, please place a work order by clicking here. Please note that each SVHOA common area tree has a tag halfway up the trunk. The tags are oval-shaped discs, silver in color, and have a four (4) digit ID number.

Thank you for your attention,

Symphony Village HOA Management