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yesterday outside of a restaurant I seen hundreds of these on a tree. the trunk was nearly covered from the branches to the ground. the trunk was probably 10 inches in diameter
well, I obviously took some pictures and this is one.
later at home I seen a different variety on my Live Oak tree
Comments (34)
Mulltipass
Whoa!!! That is Sureal!!!!
magnus073
Great work on this very wild capture, Richard.
rangeriderrichard
Creepy cool!
CavalierLady
YIKES! I saw a news story yesterday about a town in central TX that is overrun by caterpillars of some kind. Mercy, what a shot!
Windigo
Great shot but the numbers are very scary! A national magazine has an article this month about the forests of US and Canada being wiped out but something similar, like I said, scary!
stnaper
I'll stay in good old Michigan thank you very much. Run Richard Run! Stan
eekdog Online Now!
whoa! that's pretty wild. looks like lots of dinner for crows.
UteBigSmile
Good capture,I just hate these tiny & very dangerous creatures, I still remember them from our years in Spain! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_processionary
byteline
Brrrrrrrrrrr° But great shot!
bebopdlx
In Minn, we used to get these caterpillars, not only on the trees, but on the roads too. Cool shot.
kenmo
Wow...that is incredible!!!!!
jayfar
What a find and obviously poisonous to the birds or they would have been eaten !!!
farmerC
Here you are not cheerful, nice shot.........
miwi
We also have here in Germany, such creatures,the name is oak processionary moth, the hairs of the caterpillar make strong allergies. Klasse shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bampster
Now that is a frightening photo,reminds me of a shopping mall on a weekend.Excellent capture, Richard!!!!!
Osper
Call in the birds!!!!!!!
Erestorfan
These look like the Gypsy Moth caterpillars that we get here in New Hampshire. They seem to be tapering off each year. but in years past you could stand at the edge of the woods and hear what sounded like rain, but was actually the caterpillars pooping. Eww...Over the years they developed a poison so that the birds wouldn't eat them. There was one year, about ten years ago, that they were SO thick that there is a railroad track in a nearby town where the train has to go uphill a bit and the train kept sliding back because the wheels couldn't get any traction because of the number of caterpillars on the tracks. They ended up having to put sand on the tracks so the train could make the incline.
Faemike55
Cool but creepy capture!
Cyve
Incredible and fabulous my friend... Outstanding capture also !!!
flavia49
wow! impressive!
pimanjc
YUK!
netot
Ttoday the tree, tomorrow the world!!!!
Radar_rad-dude
I remember these as a kid on our family farm in ND. I believe they are army worms. As I recall, they used to show up in huge numbers on a regular ten year cycle. They covered every square inch of ground when they marched and created quite a mess. A most creepy but excellent photo! Bravo!
drittervon5
Very interesting capture! A bit creepy! :-)
ontar1
Wow, have never seen them like that, great capture!
Hendesse
That are caterpillars of the processionary moth. Contact with the stinging hairs of these caterpillars can lead to skin irritation and/or allergic reactions of the skin, mucus membranes or respiratory systems. Best you avoid contact with them. They are a real plague, we have them here too. Superb shot.
Navi
Duh, looks scary, and must be really harmful to touch that tree... I wouldn't try lol. Great capture :)
irisinthespring
Creepy, surreal capture, ugh, hope it's not an epidemic!
lyron
Amazing!!!!
RodS
This is straight out of an Indiana Jones movie.... What an amazing shot, Richard!