Caterpillars Cocoon Entire Campus

Have a look at this tree. Notice anything strange about it? Looks like a regular tree to me.

But when we look down, it’s clear that not all is as it seems! This tree, and everything around it, has been cocooned in a creepy web. What demon spat from the nightmares of hell could do such a thing?

Turns out that the culprits are a living web of caterpillars. There are literally millions of them infesting this campus, spinning silky sheets over everything in sight. Trees, buildings, bicycles presumably anything else left stationary for too long ends up in their empire of silk.

Very awesome, and very creepy. I’d love it if anyone could tell me what kind of insect these little wrigglers are.

4 comments November 19th, 2007