MOM!!!!! MOM!!!!! came the screams from the back door. Then I heard my two youngest running breakneck through the house to find me. "Come quick!! Come quick!! You gotta see this!" My second son and I went out to see what all the fuss was about.
It was a silken nest made by a mass of Eastern tent caterpillars. Apparently they had never seen one before.
"Oh, wow!" I exclaimed, because they really were excited. I felt more like taking the thing down and destroying it. Instead, I took a picture. The caterpillars have built on a wild cherry tree that we are going to be cutting down anyway.
When we got back inside my older son looked at me and said, "Gee. I fully expected to see something like a big family of snakes in the backyard. That was all?"
If you want more information about these, ummm, pests, you can go here:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef423.htm
Lynn
Comments
Aug. 23, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by bannerelknc
Oh my gosh! I bet you died when you saw that!
Hope you all are well!