Comments on: Pine Tube Moths

By: Lepidoptera in Winter « A Passion for Nature

Lepidoptera in Winter « A Passion for Nature — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:26:49 +0000

[...] my winter walks my eye is drawn by signs of butterflies or moths. I wrote about one of them in early December, which, technically, was still fall, though there was snow! The Pine Tube Moth overwinters as a [...]

By: winterwoman

winterwoman — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:03:32 +0000

@Eileen – I found this info on another website:

A related species, the jack pine tube moth (Argyrotaenia tabulana), causes similar symptoms on jack, lodgepole, and whitebark pines in the Rocky Mountain states and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

from: http://ctrees.cas.psu.edu/Pest%20Sheets/pinetubemoth.htm

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:05:49 +0000

That is so very true … I never noticed galls until this summer and once I knew what a gall was … I DID see them everywhere in all kinds of forms! I’ve never seen these Pine Tubes though. Most of our pines have gone the way of the pine beetle … so it may be a while before we get a mature enough tree to notice these critters. Still, I’ll keep my eyes peeled now that I know what to look for. We have mostly Lodge Pole Pines in our area.

By: RuthieJ

RuthieJ — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:03:37 +0000

I have lots of white pines in my yard. I’m going to look for this also.

By: Karen Weyant

Karen Weyant — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:07:26 +0000

This is fascinating, especially since I just got done with an entry about Luna Moths on my blog. I will look for tubes this winter!