How do you get rid of bagworms and not kill butterflies/hummingbirds?

Question

I cut the bags off the trees (all I could see of them) and that is just a pain. What if I didn't get all of them? Will they start multiplying again?

dorton girl:
I cut them off the branch and put them in a plastic bag. Will they die in there or just remain dormant until the bag comes open in the landfill. Squashing...uhhhhhhh don't think I can do that.

Answer 1

My daughter us to make loads of money picking bagworms. But new help is available open the links.
Now there is hope of deterring the bagworm pest altogether. New studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show promise that planting members of the Aster family near and/or around the susceptible tree will attract a natural predator of bagworm, ichneumonid wasps.
http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/qt/Bagworm.htm
Banish Bagworms with Non-Stinging Wasps
http://gardening.savvy-cafe.com/banish-bagworms-with-non-stinging-wasps-2007-03-19/
Forum on bagworms
Help, my trees are covered with bagworms! What can I do?
http://www.allisonvillenursery.com/faq.htm
A: Unfortunately, the best was to get rid of bagworms is to handpick and destroy them. An over-wintering female bagworm can produce as many as 1000 babies which appear in early June. At this stage they are more vulnerable to insecticides and spraying can be done.
If you mean using chemicals to kill the bagworms will harm the butterfly and the hummingbirds. Neither one usually hang around the plants that habor bagworms and you can open the links and see that other insects can rid them.

Answer 2

You can purchase bag worm killer...........I have found the best way is to hand pick them and squash them.............