Tangle Guard Tree Banding Material is used in conjunction with Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier as an effective way to rid trees of crawling insects who must reach the tops of trees in order to feed, mate, or deposit eggs. Such insects include cankerworms, gypsy moth caterpillars, army and tent caterpillars, ants, obscure root weevils and pecan weevils, tussock moths and climbing cutworms. Some of these insects are wingless females. Some may have wings but do not fly. It is a part of their life cycle that they crawl up the trunks of trees to mate and deposit eggs. And others of these insects simply crawl up the trees to feed on their buds, leaves and fruit, consequently devastating the tree.

Tangle Guard Tree Banding Material, when used with Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier, provides the perfect solution to protecting your valuable trees and reducing future populations of these pests.

Banding your trees is a two-step process. First, fasten Tangle Guard Tree Banding Material (or some other waterproof material) around the tree trunk. This material provides a non-absorbent application for Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier. It also facilitates easy removal of Pest Barrier after the insect season. Once the band is in place, the Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier can be applied. As the insects climb up over the sticky bands, they become trapped without escape.

Best of all, the action is strictly mechanical --no pesticides or harmful chemicals are involved.

For protecting two or three smaller trees, we recommend purchasing a convenient Tangle Guard Tree Care Kit, which includes everything you need to successfully band and protect your trees.