Tussock moth caterpillars are black and have very long body hairs. As a caterpillar grows larger, its body becomes ornamented with brightly colored tufts of hair. Two prominent, long tufts of black hair project forward from the head.
Grasses grow from a root crown or tussock that sits just at or below the soil. It is a mass of tussocks that created the famous American prairie sod so dense it was used to build houses.
Small grasses like Blue Tussock-grass Poa poiformis and large grasses like Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima can be divided by digging up a clump and cutting the fibrous root clumps into two or four with a spade, ...
Its very low toxicity and increasing labeling for a wide number of insects make it an attractive, up and coming insecticide. CSU research tests show good activity against tent caterpillars and elm leaf beetles, and fair results with tussock moth.
Monarda didyma, Oswego tea
Vernonia noveboracensis, Common ironweed
Athyrium filix-femina, Lady fern
Osmunda regalis, Royal fern
Osmunda cinnamomea, Cinnamon fern
Carex pendula, Drooping sedge
Carex stipata, Tussock sedge ...
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