Established Fruit Trees 



Other moths which can be trapped in this way are 

 the Mottled Umber, which climbs the trees from the 

 end of October to early February, and the March 

 Moth, which goes up later on from mid-February 

 to mid-April. The Winter Moth females appear 

 as early as the beginning of October, and for this 

 reason the bands should be fixed quite early in that 

 month. 



The bands should be made of grease-proof paper, 

 and should be tied round the trees so that nothing 

 can crawl between paper and bark. The proper 

 height from the ground at which to fix the bands is 

 from i foot to 2 feet. The width of the band will depend 

 on the material used. In Leaflet No. 4 (Board of 

 Agriculture) the width is given as from 6 to 7 

 inches for cart grease, but narrower bands can be 

 used when the more modern " tangle foot " prepara- 

 tions are employed. There are several kinds of these 

 on the market, and I believe the stuff chiefly consists 

 of glucose and resin. It resembles the material used 

 on the sticky fly-papers. 



If cart grease is used, three applications will be 

 necessary during the winter, as it is likely to dry 

 after a time, but the " tangle foot " preparations 

 remain tacky till spring. In the case of young trees 

 some grease, or tangle foot, should be smeared round 

 the stakes also. Some growers apply the tangle foot 

 directly on to the bark of old trees, but I should not 

 care to do this if the trees are young. 



Grease banding is of no use in dealing with 

 Lackey moths, Figure-of-eight moths, Gold-tail and 

 Brown-tail moths, Little Ermine moths, and 

 Tortrix moths, as the females of all these are winged. 



The bands should be in working order from 



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