I planted several figs in pots for my parents in Florida and today they called to say some the figs are covered by web type catepillar , light yellow/green body with a dark head.
I'll get them or brother to spray with Dipel , but I wondered if this is a widespread thing with other Florida growers.
Best ,
Kerry
zone 5 NH 

Hi, Kerry!
I live in Florida.. Don't have this problem..Last year nematodes was a real problem..But..I find the way to kill them..
Olya.

Hi Olga,

What way did you find to kill the nematodes?

noss

Yes Olga

Kerry,

Sounds like the Fall webworm. We get them here in South-Central TX in the Spring too. If so, bust open the web and spray with Sevin. They eat just about anything. Good luck.

Hi Ruben ,
I think you are right. My brother in Tampa said they are all over everything right now in his area. He is going to spray with Dipel with a little soap after breaking up the web. Dipel has worked well for me for almost any catepillar and they are more likely to have that around.
Thanks ,
Kerry

Hi .. I was raised in Jacksonville area. Each Spring the "Tent caterpllars" would hatch and infest many trees. In my Pecan trees, all I could do was break/remove the "tents"/Webs with long bamboo poles.
 Others, break the tents and used Seven powder. Fredfig

 Hi, Noss!
Ok, about nematodes..
I don't know if anybody remember..I lift a question about nematodes last year..
So, this is what I did..
First I clear roots from organic compost and perlite.. After this I cut most damage roots..In backet I mix pain soil with water, just like you mix to clean a floor, just little bit..
I dip all roots few times in this backet and dry it up little bit.. After this I plant this plant in mix ow cow manurve, pit moss and perlite and put in a shade area before plant start show me new leaves and look good, healthy..
My friend give me a Hi Yield Systemic Insect Granules and told me they will work, but I never try it yet...
And I put all my plants on ground cover with mulch..I need check the name, but this mulch what killing all kind insect.. I don't keep them just on ground any more..
So, may be this is why I don't have problems with other insect for now..
But, I want to get some stuff from Ebay and start mixing with a water ..I need look what it is, but I remember this help other member of this forum ..I think with spiders and other insect...
Olya.

Sorry, I didn't remember before and just was home for a few minutes..
So, I cover ground with eucalyptus mulch ..
And I'm planning to buy on Ebay Dr Bronner's Org. Castile Soap mix with water and use it to kill all kind spiders and may be other insects too..
If I remember correctly this is one was used by member of this forum for this..
Also I saw on Ebay Thuricide Bacillus thuringiensis15% CaterpillarWorms GL
think this one will kill this spiders..
Olya.

Hi Olya,

Thanks so much.  I think I remember you from last year.

I wonder if cutting the infested roots off of a tree would really help?  It might, who knows?  That bio-weapon for caterpillars does work.  It infects them with a fatal disease.  YAY!

Hi, Noss!
I think I was be able to kill nematodes because I use all info I find on this forum..
Nematodes don't like cow manurve, don't like pit moss.. And they like sand and compost..
So..I had no choice but change all my soil in pots..
And also O decide to cut most damage roots, so this way they will stop have any effect on a plant..
And I wanted to clean roots before planting again, just to be sure I will don't put nematodes to a new pots..
why I use pine soil? I know this one is toxic and real killing all kind bacteria and insect.. I have neem oil and this can work too, but very difficult to mix neem oil with water..And I don't think I had a pyrethrin at home..I think this one can work too...
And I was afraid plant can get nematodes from the ground where pots standing, so I put eucalyptus mulch on a ground..This one little bit more expensive then regular, but maker promise this one naturally will kill all insect in ground..
So, I just was paying attention to everyone on this forum, put all this together and this work...
Actually now I put all cuttings in mix of cow manuvre+ pit moss with miracle grow in it + perlite and roots coming real fast and leaves too..I just try keep eye on humidity in a rom, moisture in cups and temeperature and light..But seems like cuttings root much faster and no one died yet...
So, even this may be little bit more expensive then compost, but if I can avoid nematodes, plus I don't think I will need to add any fertilazer at list this year...
I decide to go this way this year.. And over couple month I will see if I was right about it..
Olya.