Re: Quercus agrifolia and leaf drop.


--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would suggest that you look to see if there are
> any
> oak leaf caterpillers active on these bare trees.
> Often you can tell there presence if there are lots
> of
> their droppings underfoot, or you can often see them
> hanging from the trees.

Can they really be so ubiquitous that they'd defoliate
a tree entirely? And an entire hillside for about half
a mile as well? If so, that's pretty amazing. 

Barry

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