Re: Maybe not slugs!!!!.................they are caterpillars!
- Subject: Re: Maybe not slugs!!!!.................they are caterpillars!
- From: j*
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:01:33 -0400
> Hi Jaime,
>
> Thanks for your help with my caterpillar dilemma.
>
> I had a suspicion due to all the "tents" around here that it was a tent
> caterpillar. With the web site you sent me, .....it does seem to be an
> Eastern Tent Caterpillar.......................any suggestions?
Hi Gayle. The main difficulty with tent caterpillars is that by the time
you see their huge numbers, they are extremely difficult to kill and
most of the damage has been done.
What you are seeing while they are traveling around, like up the walls
of your home & car, is their migration to seek out new egg-laying
places. The time to attack them is when you see the egg masses
and in the tent.
Here in NJ we have an extension service fact sheet on them, but I
thought you might like to read the one from Orono. :) It's quite good.
http://pmo.umext.maine.edu/factsht/tent94.htm
Good luck with them.
.... you can always enlist 8 year old boys to squish them for a
penny per corpse. <g>
jaime
jaime.
http://www.jaimek.com
slightly updated 6/6/01
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