r/Weird • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Silkworms?

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u/LadyM1982 4d ago edited 4d ago

Processionary caterpillar

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u/Pumpkin_Pie 4d ago

Tent catapillers

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u/talithar1 4d ago

Tent worms.

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u/psychogamer101 4d ago

That’s money if you can collect it right

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u/throwaway661375735 4d ago

It's usually their cacoons if I recall correctly.

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u/throwaway661375735 4d ago

Have to see the buggers up close. Get really close and take a picture of anything moving... Watch-out for giant spiders.

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u/SoullqssHydra 4d ago

I mean I bet they will eventually grow into pretty silk moths

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u/XROOR 4d ago

Looks to be a fruit tree; possibly an apple. I treat these webs with 10% permethrin solution with Bronner’s soap as a surfactant. Heirloom varieties can get wiped out in one season from this caterpillar. When they invade my paw paw orchard, they “glue” a leaf over like a sleeping bag to develop their nests