Instead, open webs with a stick to give predators such as cuckoos, orioles, tanagers and vireos access to the caterpillars. These birds are among the few that eat hairy caterpillars.

What eats fall webworms?

Attract Webworm Predators

Fall webworms and their eggs are often eaten by birds, spiders, assassin bugs, parasitic wasps and beneficial stinkbugs. Attract feathered friends to your yard by placing birdbaths, bird feeders and birdhouses in areas that frequently host webworms.

Do robins eat webworms?

Presence of large numbers of insectivorous birds such as starlings, cowbirds, and robins feeding on the turf for several days in succession also indicates sod webworms. Although the birds are eating the larvae, they are unlikely to eat enough to prevent webworm damage.