Recently I have noticed my evergreen shrubs are heavily covered with patches of some type of webs. It does not appear to be spiders but I cannot see anything specific that is creating them. I recently trimmed the hedges and with a few days the webs were back. It has been extremely hot and humid here in southeastern Illinois for the past two weeks.

Can anyone tell me what I am dealing with here and how I can rid my hedges of whatever pest has invaded them.

Thanks.

Hi,

you often see webbing on plants especially evergreens and they can be the result of a variety of insects. For the most part they are of no concern and if the plant is not showing any affects such as foliage damage I would say hose them off on occasion if they are an aesthetic problem.

I have some small webs on our evergreen tree as well, but I also notice the ends of many branches are chalky white and appear to be sticky. Is this a pest? It was our Christmas tree and was planted in January. It seemed to be doing very well.

Hi,

chalky white and sticky could be just the presence of resin. If you want to be sure there is no pest problem yo need to take a sample to your local extension office for an accurate ID