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My deer woods is infested with beggar....

Posted By: Chuckles84

My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:25 PM

Beggar lice that is. [Linked Image]
I bet 3/4 of the place is covered with these lousy plants.
Posted By: slowpoke

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:33 PM

Is that what those things are called ....
My property is loaded with them as well ...
They are a huge PIA to get off your cloths ..
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:34 PM

Nasty
Posted By: Cragar

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by slowpoke
Is that what those things are called ....
My property is loaded with them as well ...
They are a huge PIA to get off your cloths ..


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackelia_virginiana
Posted By: Chuckles84

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by slowpoke
Is that what those things are called ....
My property is loaded with them as well ...
They are a huge PIA to get off your cloths ..

Best way we have found is use a knife and shave them off. This woods has always had a few spots of them but this year they exploded everywhere.
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:44 PM

Oh yes.......we called them Devils Fork. God does have a sense of humor.
Posted By: Chuckles84

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 12:49 PM

All the brown weeds in this photo is that junk.


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Posted By: Ark Trapper

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:15 PM

Would a burn cure that or make it worse?
Posted By: Chuckles84

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Ark Trapper
Would a burn cure that or make it worse?

Not sure. This woods is a creek bottom that usually floods a few times a year and this year i don't think it flooded at all. So that may be why this stuff went crazy
Posted By: Cragar

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:21 PM

They are very annoying for sure.

Fun fact - a similar plant, burdock , is what gave a swiss inventor the idea to create hook&loop fastener better known as Velcro.
Posted By: Swamp Wolf

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:21 PM

I see 2 different seed there....beggaweed and what I've always called goathead spurs
Posted By: lee steinmeyer

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:37 PM

I keep saying......the year 2020 will long be remembered! The year that everything went nuts and got out of the natural order!
Posted By: QuietButDeadly

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
I see 2 different seed there....beggaweed and what I've always called goathead spurs


Agree with the two different seeds shown in the picture. Here, we call them beggar lice and spanish needles.
Posted By: Getting There

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 02:04 PM

Just nature trying to spread it life.
Posted By: Boco

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 03:57 PM

We call those burrs here.Find them in foxes tails occasionally.They comb out a lot easier than burdock.
Dont set snares in a meadow where they grow.
Posted By: warrior

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 04:07 PM

Spanish needle, the thin blacks in the photo, is a bee plant providing good amounts of pollen and nectar. In some areas it's enough to make a crop of honey on.
Posted By: Rat_Pack

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 04:38 PM

It gets worse...the scientific name for that junk is Bidens sp. Lol.
Posted By: nightlife

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 05:00 PM

My dad always called those stick tights
Posted By: story

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 05:04 PM

Best way to get them off is to bring them into the house and let the wife deal with them. Just make sure your dog house is well heated. lol
Posted By: J.Morse

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by nightlife
My dad always called those stick tights


Ditto here.
Posted By: Chuckles84

Re: My deer woods is infested with beggar.... - 10/24/20 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by story
Best way to get them off is to bring them into the house and let the wife deal with them. Just make sure your dog house is well heated. lol

Gotta make sure they make it through the washer and drier before she notices them. And before you ask I have the nicest dog house in town.
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