Tent worms
Yes. They ball themselves up in the leaves when the moth lays her
eggs. When they are in the caterpillar stage they produce this web like thing similar to a spider and come on down from the tree or house on it. They like the cool part of the day and at night you can hear them munching and dropping their refuse onto the ground. Which is also very gross and slimy. Gypsy moths cycle off from the epidemic stage, then gradually reduce in numbers and disappear for a few years. We have had three or four separate sieges over a 30 year period. Whole sides of mountains and forests have been defoliated in our area during an epidemic. |
Tent worms
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