Archips packardianus, the spring spruce needle moth or spruce needleworm, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. Spruce needle worms are commonly found in small numbers on spruce and trees of other coniferous genera throughout most of Canada and northeastern USA (Rose and Lindquist 1985). Archips packardiana Fernald overwinters as a tiny larva in a mined needle. Needle mining is resumed in the spring, the larvae later moving to feed on new foliage, where they spin considerable webbing. Full grown larvae have a pale green head, sometimes patterned with brown, and a pale body and pale thoracic legs, and are about 20 mm long. The larva pupates, usually in the webbed needles, and the adult emerges in summer to early fall. The closely related Archips strianus Fernald is much less commo