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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)


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Mulltipass

7:46AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Whoa!!! That is Sureal!!!!

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magnus073

8:08AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Great work on this very wild capture, Richard.

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rangeriderrichard

8:09AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Creepy cool!

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CavalierLady

8:23AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

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!

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Windigo

8:29AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

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!

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stnaper

8:41AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

I'll stay in good old Michigan thank you very much. Run Richard Run! Stan

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eekdog

9:43AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

whoa! that's pretty wild. looks like lots of dinner for crows.

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UteBigSmile

10:11AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

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

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byteline Online Now!

10:26AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

BrrrrrrrrrrrĀ° But great shot!

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bebopdlx

10:28AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

In Minn, we used to get these caterpillars, not only on the trees, but on the roads too. Cool shot.

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kenmo

11:56AM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Wow...that is incredible!!!!!

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jayfar

1:07PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

What a find and obviously poisonous to the birds or they would have been eaten !!!

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farmerC

1:30PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Here you are not cheerful, nice shot.........

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miwi

1:50PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

We also have here in Germany, such creatures,the name is oak processionary moth, the hairs of the caterpillar make strong allergies. Klasse shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bampster

2:12PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Now that is a frightening photo,reminds me of a shopping mall on a weekend.Excellent capture, Richard!!!!!

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Osper

3:16PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Call in the birds!!!!!!!

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Erestorfan

3:51PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

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.

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Faemike55

5:53PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Cool but creepy capture!

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Cyve

5:53PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Incredible and fabulous my friend... Outstanding capture also !!!

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flavia49

6:26PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

wow! impressive!

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pimanjc

7:29PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

YUK!

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netot

10:26PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

Ttoday the tree, tomorrow the world!!!!

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Radar_rad-dude

11:05PM | Fri, 10 April 2015

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!

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drittervon5

5:35AM | Sat, 11 April 2015

Very interesting capture! A bit creepy! :-)

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ontar1

9:30AM | Sat, 11 April 2015

Wow, have never seen them like that, great capture!

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Hendesse

3:18PM | Sat, 11 April 2015

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.

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Navi

5:33PM | Sat, 11 April 2015

Duh, looks scary, and must be really harmful to touch that tree... I wouldn't try lol. Great capture :)

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irisinthespring

7:03PM | Sat, 11 April 2015

Creepy, surreal capture, ugh, hope it's not an epidemic!

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lyron

7:14AM | Sun, 12 April 2015

Amazing!!!!

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RodS

9:17PM | Sun, 12 April 2015

This is straight out of an Indiana Jones movie.... What an amazing shot, Richard!

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MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D Mark III
Shutter Speed1/640
ISO Speed320
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