Definition of quest for Students. 1  1 : an effort to find or do something a quest for answers. 2  2 : a usually adventurous journey made in search of something a quest for lost treasure.
Tree caterpillar nests look like silken bags hanging in branches. You can either remove each nest by cutting the silken string at its top and then dropping the entire nest in soapy water or tear the nest open with a stick and let birds prey on the caterpillars inside. The pests feed during the day when the sun shines.
If tent caterpillars are your enemy (you know, the ones that spin and live in a huge web mass in your trees), they can, in extreme cases, completely defoliate a tree. In this article, my primary focus will be on how to get rid of tent caterpillars.ind a good long stick. Maybe the most common way to get rid of caterpillar nests is to simply use a long stick to scrape the thing out. Just poke the stick into the nest and start spinning and scraping. It will work much better for you if you pound a few nails into the stick.