Hairy caterpillars

Monday, 31 May 2010 08:19 pm
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Today's fortune cookie says...
Oh, great, it's another creepy one.
"Don't do anything alone."

Just got back in from my on-call and there's looooads more of those little hairy caterpillars scootling about. (Well, when I say "loads" I mean, I've seen at least seven or eight. Not enough to class as an "infestation.")

I think I've got them pegged as "Brown Tailed Moth caterpillars". They're being a bit of a pest in some areas of the country, but I've not seen THAT many round here. To be honest I think they're kind of cute, all wee and brown and fuzzy. I know better than to touch them, though. :P

I was looking for a picture and found this on the Telegraph website: Long tailed tits. AWWW. FEED US, MUM, PLEEEASE

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Date: 31 May 2010 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aeroferret.livejournal.com
Oooohh, even though I'm across the pond in New England, those guys look amazingly close to the Gypsy Moth caterpillars here.

There will be many years where you only see a few, and then one year they swarm in massive numbers and eat every leaf off every tree...very destructive.

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Date: 1 Jun 2010 07:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jill-dragon.livejournal.com
I think that fortune cookie maker has it in for you! XD

Those caterpillars of yours sound a lot like Tussock moths which are a pest species that preys on Douglas Fir trees. Infestations tend to stay pretty localized but they can be a big problem if they're near human habitation - people can be very allergic to them.
http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/fetch21/DFTM/dftmtot.html

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