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re: Whatever happened to stinging caterpillars?
Posted on 5/27/20 at 7:15 pm to Klingler7
Posted on 5/27/20 at 7:15 pm to Klingler7
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I haven’t seen a snake since 1997. And I live close to a forest with a creek.
I usually see 5-10 per year at our house although last year I only saw one ribbon snake. They are still around.
We live in the BR city limits too.
This post was edited on 5/27/20 at 7:16 pm
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Posted on 5/27/20 at 7:32 pm to red sox fan 13
Same deal with lightning bugs / fireflies. Can’t tell you the last time I’ve seen one.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 8:02 pm to red sox fan 13
I still see them. But that one time as a kid that you pick one up you learn to leave it the frick alone.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 8:13 pm to LSUBFA83
Geckos rock. I love those little guys. They clean out a lot of pests.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 8:31 pm to red sox fan 13
I trim trees for a living. I have seen plenty this year, mostly in live oaks.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 8:37 pm to Jimbeaux
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Buck moth caterpillars have cycles.
Those bastards are cruel. I live in Mid-City 1/2 block off Banks St. and there are tons of oaks along Banks St. and other main arteries.
Walking under those oaks in the spring when they are out in force can be like dodging land mines. I've had them fall on me while walking down the sidewalk. One year it got so bad I took to walking on the small median on Banks to limit the amount of tree overhead.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 8:45 pm to red sox fan 13
Saw one last week.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 9:20 pm to red sox fan 13
Called these rascals "burning worms" as a kid. Saw one about three days ago at my parents' house, but I don't see them much these days.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 9:23 pm to fallguy_1978
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Whenever I do see them they are on the live oak in my backyard. It's pretty rare to see them anywhere else.
Did y'all used to squish them as kids and look at the yellow and green guts go everywhere? Or was that just me and my friends?
Dude, we squished them mother frickers in denham springs
Posted on 5/27/20 at 9:26 pm to fallguy_1978
Those caterpillars were a bitch.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 9:31 pm to red sox fan 13
They come in cycles. When I was a kid in the late 60’s and early 70’s never saw a single one, not even the non stinging ones. Then late 70’s or early 80’s is the first time I ever saw them.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:18 pm to red sox fan 13
We always called them “asps” growing up, not “stinging caterpillars”. We were also in the ”roly poly” camp in regards to insect nomenclature, not the “doodlebug” or “pill bug”.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:19 pm to red sox fan 13
Saw one yesterday
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:22 pm to fallguy_1978
Have plent if lightning bugs at my place. Do have to agree on the caterpillars. Don’t see many of those around
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:26 pm to fallguy_1978
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Maybe mosquito spray kills them?
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Same with lightning bugs.
These, crickets, lovebugs, ladybugs, bees, grasshoppers... Pretty much most insects from my childhood (80s) have disappeared except the mosquito and wasp. Go figure.
Posted on 5/27/20 at 10:38 pm to meeple
If you live out in the country most of childhood bugs are still there, even lightin' bugs especially if you have acres of hay fields.
We are gone from NOLA, but did the buckmoths get bored eating live oak leaves down to the midrib of each leaf? Or has a predator with a really strong gut emerged?
We are gone from NOLA, but did the buckmoths get bored eating live oak leaves down to the midrib of each leaf? Or has a predator with a really strong gut emerged?
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