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04-08-2005, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Help! I've been invaded by little green worms on silky strings!
I don't know what they are. I have hundreds of these things coming out of the trees in my yard. They are about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch long, green with a black head, and they have a long spiderweb style strand connecting them with the tree. When the wind blows, it looks like my house has been TP'd. Anyone have a clue as to what these little bugs are?
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 04-08-2005 at 11:50 AM. |
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04-08-2005, 11:54 AM
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Location: Maryland
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Alien paratroopers?
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04-08-2005, 11:55 AM
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Not sure. We never had anything like this when I lived in Fort Worth. If they are paratroopers, then it is more like the opening scene in Red Dawn.
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04-08-2005, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Mexico
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Gypsy moths?
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04-08-2005, 11:56 AM
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(9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003
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Those things are a pain. I think they create huge webs in trees. I remember when I was younger my parents front yard looked like that, like the trees were toilet papered, but it was just a cocoon from those things. Neighbor had put up some sort of tape around the base of the tree and those things get stuck on it and can't move like fly paper.
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04-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Your own personal Fear Factor!
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04-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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Tell me about it. I walked out about 30 minutes ago to get the mail, and what cause me to make the post was that I left a couple of them crawling on my neck.
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04-08-2005, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!
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One of the (few) nice things about southeast Michigan is we don't have very many nasty things like this occur.
No clue what they are, sorry. |
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04-08-2005, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ferndale, MI now in Chicago, IL
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04-08-2005, 12:29 PM
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Dearly Missed
(9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003
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04-08-2005, 12:31 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Yep, after seeing pics of them on the Internet, they appear to be Gypsy moths. Looks like a run to Home Despot for a sprayer and insecticide. Bad enough having to worry about oak wilt, now these things as well.
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 04-08-2005 at 12:31 PM. |
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04-08-2005, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Lexington, KY
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Ugg, that reminds me of a similar looking bug we get in the spring here.
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entom...rees/ef423.htm It's been a couple years since we've had a bad out break, but before they were everywhere. |
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04-08-2005, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I thought you were flipping out on a bad trip.
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04-08-2005, 02:21 PM
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I like how they all die at the same time....makes a nice crunching sound as you walk. |
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04-08-2005, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Yeah, I forgot about the fish flies. Well, since I have never actually seen them, they don't count
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04-08-2005, 03:01 PM
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That is what I thought was happening at first.
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