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mattdavis11 04-24-2021 07:31 AM

Beware the walking stick
 
Breakfast is served!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619278242.jpg

red-beard 04-24-2021 08:23 AM

Good! I hate those caterpillars!

stevej37 04-24-2021 09:10 AM

We have lots of those around here also. (WS)
Cool insects!

rfuerst911sc 04-24-2021 09:50 AM

Queue the " jaws " theme music as the stick gets closer to the kill 😁

red-beard 04-24-2021 10:13 AM

Herbivores

Sooner or later 04-24-2021 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by red-beard (Post 11308760)
Herbivores

Yes

masraum 04-24-2021 10:28 AM

No walking sticks here that I've seen, but for the past two weeks my house has been a Hitchcock with those fargin caterpillars.

We've got far too many of those Tussock Moth Caterpillars here. We also have a few of some other that's not hairy. I was doing the live and let live thing with the caterpillars at first, but I stopped that at least a week ago. Now I go on daily or multiple daily sweeping/killing raids. There seems to be one tree that has most of them in our yard, and that's the one that's closest to the house/porch.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG

The good news is that the numbers seem to be decreasing. I'm hoping they are going to the next stage of development.

Noah930 04-24-2021 01:19 PM

Yikes. All those caterpillars all over the place would give me the heebie jeebies.

We have some milkweed planted in a large pot. Every few months we get a batch of caterpillars which we watch get fat. Fortunately they keep contained to the plant, as it's the only thing they eat. Some turn into chrysallis' and eventually Monarchs. It's a neat little science class all in our front yard.

pwd72s 04-24-2021 01:26 PM

Tussock moths...those are the nasty critters than decimated Eastern Oregon forests some decades back. For a kill. spray the tree with something sold in most organic gardening shops, called "BT". It bacterial...if they eat a leaf with it, they develop a fatal belly ache. Harmless to pets or humans.

Sooner or later 04-24-2021 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11308776)
No walking sticks here that I've seen, but for the past two weeks my house has been a Hitchcock with those fargin caterpillars.

We've got far too many of those Tussock Moth Caterpillars here. We also have a few of some other that's not hairy. I was doing the live and let live thing with the caterpillars at first, but I stopped that at least a week ago. Now I go on daily or multiple daily sweeping/killing raids. There seems to be one tree that has most of them in our yard, and that's the one that's closest to the house/porch.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619288920.JPG

The good news is that the numbers seem to be decreasing. I'm hoping they are going to the next stage of development.

Don't mess with them. Touching those top two can cause an allergic reaction. Tussock Moth caterpillar.

stevej37 04-24-2021 01:35 PM

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Bill Douglas 04-24-2021 02:50 PM

At first I thought it was a tread about these things. The insect ones don't worry me.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619304597.jpg

R K T 04-24-2021 04:24 PM

This was on our sidewalk.....some sort of dragonfly?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619310236.jpg

masraum 04-24-2021 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 11308962)
Tussock moths...those are the nasty critters than decimated Eastern Oregon forests some decades back. For a kill. spray the tree with something sold in most organic gardening shops, called "BT". It bacterial...if they eat a leaf with it, they develop a fatal belly ache. Harmless to pets or humans.

Good to know, thanks.

masraum 04-24-2021 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R K T (Post 11309113)
This was on our sidewalk.....some sort of dragonfly?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619310236.jpg

Yep, dragon fly.
I'm guessing, common white tail, female or juvenile which have less white than the males.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._whitetail.jpg


http://www.eih.uh.edu/content/02-about/01-species/uhcc-odonta-scott-clark.pdf

red-beard 04-24-2021 05:54 PM

I hate these guys

http://brookerpestcontrol.com/wp-con...-mole-full.jpg

Ugly ugly mole cricket

Kill them! With FIRE!!! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...ys/mgwhore.gif

Sooner or later 04-24-2021 06:26 PM

I have fished with these dudes. They can be nearly 4" long.
hellgrammites larvae (water born)http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619317465.jpg

They turn into this, Dobsonfly

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619317535.jpg

masraum 04-24-2021 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red-beard (Post 11309194)

Fortunately, you should rarely see them since they are almost always underground. I used to play with them when I found them. Their front legs are strong, presumably because those are their digging legs.

masraum 04-24-2021 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sooner or later (Post 11309218)
I have fished with these dudes. They can be nearly 4" long.
hellgrammites larvae (water born)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619317465.jpg

They turn into this, Dobsonfly

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1619317535.jpg

Those are ugly bugs!

Sooner or later 04-24-2021 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11309240)
Those are ugly bugs!

They are ugly and big.

Last year my lady neighbor came over in a panic. She had a dobsonfly on the side of her house and was scared of the thing. I picked it up and chased her around the yard with it.


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