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Can anyone ID these guys? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can diagnose your plant with a cute case of little guy infestation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Seems they're harmless but hungry boies

It's a young tree so will watch closely but letting them hang for now

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Google Lens suggests a Tent Catapiller.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Yep eastern tent caterpillar. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I remember our yard absolutely teeming with tent caterpillars as a little kid. Cute little guys--I remember I'd pet them because they were soft and fuzzy. I did freak out when I discovered their defense mechanism: vomiting up their stomach contents, which manifested as a green or red bubble the size of their heads. I thought I'd accidentally squished them at first and was really upset!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Kill them with fire.

Tent caterpillars larva will kill your tree and then come back the next season to kill the trees around them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

For real? Damn alright