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Tent Caterpillars!

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#1 Offline dermy - Posted May 27 2016 - 11:51 AM

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Forest Tent Caterpillars are swarming all over here, this seems to happen every 6-10 years or so. This year is pretty bad, they eat a lot of the leaves off the trees.

 

Here are a few videos I made of them:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=lx5kT6cO78U

 

 

here is the same container the next morning:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=gEIupdrrX_Q

 

 

Anyone else dealing with these?

 



#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 27 2016 - 7:44 PM

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Dermy got an owie.


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#3 Offline dermy - Posted May 27 2016 - 8:48 PM

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Dermy got an owie.

Yeah I got hot glue on my finger and burned it :|



#4 Offline Kingjay - Posted May 28 2016 - 8:01 AM

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Yes dermy. Usual we have them this year but I guess we don't. They love the trees that acorn have or they'll come if you have bird seeds

#5 Offline dermy - Posted May 28 2016 - 12:15 PM

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Yes dermy. Usual we have them this year but I guess we don't. They love the trees that acorn have or they'll come if you have bird seeds

I know all over Sask. Canada they are everywhere, and this isn't even the worst of it yet, I've yet 80% of all damage they cause is in the last instar :o



#6 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 10 2016 - 10:15 PM

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Me!!! I'm in Ontario
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