What is that big bunches of webs in my trees? It is fall webworms hatching from eggs and spinning a protection web over the colony. While unsightly, they do not cause much harm this time of the year as the trees are going dormant.
Their “cousins”, the spring tent caterpillars do cause damage because they hatch in the spring when the trees are trying to grow. These should be controlled.
Both species attacking fruit trees, poplars, and a few others. They fall out of the nests seeking shelter and become brown moths in the spring laying eggs completing the life cycle.
Back the fall, if you can not stand the sight of these, you can rip the nest with a stick exposing the worms to the elements and birds. I have not noticed an overabundance of webs this year.