Caterpiler infestation

[NTR]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/caterpillar-infestation.html

Gotta admit, it's pretty kewl. Unless these guys eat through wood or something, I think it'd be kinda fun to have them around. A bit creepy at first, but then you realize that they're harmless to humans.

[I SNAKED YOU]

What a sight it would be when the turn in to butterflys

[Ruza_Dragin]

Caterpilers are ok, we get those a little bit at home but we spray them, they'll destroy a tree really fast. But the webs freak me out, how it engulfs the bikes and all that. Notice how that one picture shows the neighbor's tree and it doesn't look infested at all?

[k'ching]

Stolen from I-Am-Bored.I think it's actually stolen from.

http://user.it.uu.se/~svens/larverna/normal.html

[Guns R Cool]

Stolen from I-Am-Bored.

Did they copyright the pics? No.

Was Sully copyrighted? Yes.

[johnnycupcakes]

get over it.

[mike73]

mothafucka. imagine having those guys inside of your room

[Refuse]

I think it's actually stolen from.

http://user.it.uu.se/~svens/larverna/normal.html


There's no copyright on that site either.
I give up explaining what a copyright is to morons like Sully so...back to the picture.




This is crazy...
Almost Hitchcock-ish...lol

[stinger4life]

You would think you would move your bike...it aint like that happened overnight lol

[lakerskobe]

imagine driving a car lol covered in them

[kevinsmith]

What a sight it would be when the turn in to butterflys


You'd think that...I remember one time there was a butterfly infestation like that, there were so many of them cars were overheating when the radiator grill was getting clogged up with butterfly guts.

[bronx43]

How the hell did they even do this? What are the catepillars feeding on?

[stinger4life]

The Caterpillars cocoons (sp?) look like that...they are practically silk pouches.

[ColdWaXX]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/caterpillar-infestation.html

Gotta admit, it's pretty kewl. Unless these guys eat through wood or something, I think it'd be kinda fun to have them around. A bit creepy at first, but then you realize that they're harmless to humans.
Ahuh huh huh, wood.

[Issmortor]

that would creep the shit outta me...i mean seeing one little guy on a leaf is like cool, you touch it and watch it move and then move on in life...but if there are any more than 5 in one area, im just like, wow thats creepy...not to mention like fuckign millions in one place like that, that tree was probably fully alive and flourashing with abuntant green leaves, and then they come and its bare...and id take me a while to want to ride that bike again, id always think tehre were caterpillars on me while riding it

[Doh616]

It kinda looks like everything is covered in saran wrap.

[FonsecaWalls]

that was pretty sick

[Eegoog]

Where those gypse moth larve? I know in Maryland they spray from the air to kill them.

[Capn_crunch]

I remember seeing something like this on ripley's, except it was spiders, which is like 10 times worse....I hate spiders.

[~Nite~]

Cool

tenchar

[CaptInsano]

wtf is wrong with the owners of the property! you think they would get that shit sprayed. it's just sick.

[kkevvy]

That happened in basically all of new england in the late 70's I think. Huge Gypsie moth outbreak. If you walked under trees you'd have to bring an umbrella to keep thier droppings/them from falling on you. They were introduced from Asia in the earlier 70'sish by a scientist. some escaped, conditions were ideal, no natural predators...

[thegnome54]

What's so bad about them? Look innocent enough to me...

[rico]

That happened in basically all of new england in the late 70's I think. Huge Gypsie moth outbreak. If you walked under trees you'd have to bring an umbrella to keep thier droppings/them from falling on you. They were introduced from Asia in the earlier 70'sish by a scientist. some escaped, conditions were ideal, no natural predators...

I work in an entomology lab in New Jersey and these things are HUGE pests to forests and local crops (bluebuerries in particular). Your right about Etienne Trouvelot introducing them to MA and the surrounding areas, but wrong about the predators ect. Many are eaten by small mammals and a good percentage are taken up by parasitoids and viruses, but I'm not sure of the exact sp. though. They spray frequently here (and I assume in many other places). This seems to have little effect though.