Does anyone remember those caterpillars up in NY that were/are eating the hardwood leaves like oak in the summer. 'Pillar poo raining on your head. Not tent caterpillars, it was some thing else but the name dudes me. Leafcutters?
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Leaf cutting worms
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Yeah, we call the tent caterpillars back east. You think its those? I don’t remember them raining leaf bits from the sky tho. The reason I ask if anyone knows is across the street the oaks are getting stripped by something and from what I remember the Gypsys had little taste for hard wood. Maybe now that they’ve eaten everything else they’re now on the menu. Don’t see any nest tho.
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I venture to say that what you are seeing are Gypsy Moth caterpillars. They love oak leaves. You won’t see a nest, but you should see a lot of tan fuzzy masses on the trees after the moths lay their eggs. If I recall correctly, the caterpillars have red dots–2x2 on their backs.
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