Ewwwww!!! Gross!!!!!!!
Jun 11, 2015 21:38:18 #
What are these things and why are they on my tree??????
This may be why I spent so many years indoors.
This may be why I spent so many years indoors.
Jun 11, 2015 21:47:21 #
Looks like what we call Web Worms, also known as Tent caterpillars.
Dee Dee
Dee Dee
Jun 11, 2015 22:01:22 #
Jun 11, 2015 22:24:58 #
dstalnaker wrote:
Looks like what we call Web Worms, also known as Tent caterpillars.
Dee Dee
Dee Dee
Thanks, Dee Dee. I googled and "web worm" showed a picture of a large white moth which I did have here last year.
This horde was pulsating - I think in Morse code, spelling out "kill me, kill me now".
Jun 11, 2015 22:29:12 #
STVest wrote:
What are these things and why are they on my tree??????
This may be why I spent so many years indoors.
This may be why I spent so many years indoors.
this may help id.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ask-whats-that-bug/
Jun 11, 2015 22:53:45 #
warrior wrote:
Calling all birds! :thumbup:
Thanks for looking and commenting, warrior. Serving as bird food would certainly be a redeeming quality -- I could save some $$$ at the feed store. I could end up with some really fat birds!
Jun 11, 2015 22:57:15 #
dirtpusher wrote:
Thanks for the link, dirtpusher. I need so much help to ID so many things! I had a look, but need to go back - for whatever reason, I seem very prone to ewwwie overload today.
Jun 11, 2015 23:04:44 #
Jun 11, 2015 23:37:21 #
sleepy51 wrote:
Looks like a type of Army Worm....
Thanks for looking, sleepy. I took a quick look at "army worm" but didn't see any this color. But, gee, there are so many kinds!!! What I have not yet found on any of my explorations is a good reason to let them live. Tomorrow, if they are still there en masse, I think I will take shovelfuls to the birds and even some to the snakes. Well, after I try to get a better shot - maybe a macro or close-up of just one.
Jun 12, 2015 04:31:06 #
Jun 12, 2015 07:38:56 #
They look like tent caterpillars to me, also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_caterpillar
They defoliate trees and the worst infestations will kill trees eventually. Had some bad experiences in Maine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_caterpillar
They defoliate trees and the worst infestations will kill trees eventually. Had some bad experiences in Maine.
Jun 12, 2015 08:15:09 #
We went camping one year at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod, and the infestation of those wretched caterpillars decimated the leaves and even the pine needles on the scrub pines all over the Cape. You couldn't walk anywhere that you weren't "rained" upon by their droppings. Vehicles were a mess, too. And someone told me that the birds don't particularly care for them so they just have free rein to eat their way through an area.
Jun 12, 2015 08:16:48 #
Ewwwwwwwwwww..... is right, Sherry!!! You better get rid of them before all your leaves are gone!! You can actually hear them chew and drop their poop all over!! We had them very bad here on LI quite a few years ago, but this year I've been seeing a few here and there, but no where like your situation!!
:( :( :thumbdown:
:( :( :thumbdown:
Jun 12, 2015 09:30:16 #
I had them one year in my birch trees. A few pots of boiling water did them in . Funny thing was the webs turned to what looked almost like Saranwrap after the boiling water hit them.
Jun 12, 2015 10:05:23 #
[quote=STVest]What are these things and why are they on my tree??????
Bird food :!: :!: :!:
Bird food :!: :!: :!:
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