Another Oak Eating Year

2013-05-09 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: none

Periodically, the local oaks are heavily infested with these leaf-munching caterpillars, which can almost completely denude a tree.

Some of the hapless critters fall off the tree and crawl around aimlessly, presumably to starve. Or perhaps they are done eating and ready to find a nice spot to cocoon. The oak tree above looked quite weak at a time when it should be showing vigorous new (tasty) leaves.

Caterpillars from oak tree