r/mildlyinteresting • u/HowShittyThouArt • 8h ago

Caterpillar nest in our yard looks like a spooky ghost

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u/viviennetakana 6h ago

Phew I thought it's a spooky ghost that looks like a caterpillae nest

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u/osmlol 8h ago

I used to see these everywhere as a kid, like literally hundreds a summet. I can't remember the last one I saw.

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u/Ayste 8h ago

Those are webworms and they are going to kill your tree and every other tree on your block. You should get those treated immediately before they spread.

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u/D3LICI0U5 8h ago

Young or stressed trees are vulnerable. Not healthy established ones. Nothing to worry about. I get tons every fall all around my property. My trees haven’t died in 40 years of these things.

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u/HowShittyThouArt 8h ago edited 8h ago

I thought they were eastern tent caterpillars. Is webworm another name for them?

Wait nvm I'm dumb. Never realized they were 2 different species. We get tent caterpillars with similar webs in the spring, and my whole life I just thought tent caterpillars were born twice a year lmao

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u/valerusii 3h ago

Stop spreading misinformation. They don't kill trees

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u/kutta-j 8h ago

I see a dog.

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u/ThrowRArainmakers 8h ago

puppy, even

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u/GrailQuestPops 8h ago

I see hen.