Look what came out of their cocoon!
May 4, 2017 17:14:15 #
I wasn't sure what it was when I was looking at it before they came out...and now their out and wiggling all over. They look like caterpillars. Sooo, all the beautiful flowers are gone and this is what we have now! Well, I found one pretty flower to add! :)
May 4, 2017 17:22:24 #
May 4, 2017 17:45:00 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Yep, tent caterpillars ready to defoliate the leaves from your trees.
May 4, 2017 17:54:43 #
May 4, 2017 18:00:00 #
We get tent caterpillars here very few years. There are so many of them chewing leaves that you can hear them chewing and pooping - like rain. Yes, truly lovely.
May 4, 2017 18:00:45 #
alby
Loc: very eastern pa.
malathion will take care of them well.... i have been using it for as long as i can remember on fruit trees, ornamentals, flowers,vegetables and nearly everything. and i am 70+. ... just use as directed.. also, all season dormant oil a few times a year early will help the mite problem. all my neighbors lost all their crabapple and weeping flowering cherry trees in the last few years. mine look very well although they did not flower well because of the very early heat wave and then sub freezing temps after bud swelling.
May 4, 2017 18:05:17 #
EEEewwwwww.... tent caterpillars!!! Last year I was infested with gypsy moths that first started as caterpillars!!
But nice shot, Sue.... and very pretty flowers!!
But nice shot, Sue.... and very pretty flowers!!
May 4, 2017 18:14:56 #
May 4, 2017 18:16:05 #
Thanks for the ID Beowulf! Trouble is, they aren't "our" trees and flowers; we live in an apartment...just moved here. Sure hope they take care of them!
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May 4, 2017 18:22:21 #
Thanks Angela! I sure would hate to see them destroy all the pretty plants around them!
May 4, 2017 18:23:08 #
Thanks Earl...but I've been educated..they're bad and ugly and destroy plants!!!
May 4, 2017 18:34:29 #
Good shots,Sue. As soon as we used to see the tents, we'd cut them off and toss into the burn barrel. ;-)
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