next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects --1425490816-51958218-1376871928=:12761 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the information on the Fall Webworms. I am glad they are not as = fast moving as the tent catepillers as I have been able to control the few = attacks on my fruit trees.=0A=0ARob=0A=A0=0ATo free oneself of knowledge is= to die, and thus one lives. - Krishnamurti=0A=0A=0A_______________________= _________=0A From: P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturen= s@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:30:52 PM=0ASubject: = RE: [NatureNS] more on tent caterpillars vs. fall webworms -- was re spanw= orms -- was Choke Cherries=0A =0A=0A=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I saw a sev= ere=0Ainfestation of Army Worms in Riding Mountain National Park=0A(Manitob= a)=A0 in 2001, and I will never forget it.=A0 The air was=0Afilled with the= sound of the caterpillars munching leaves - as pervasive=0Aa sound as Spri= ng Peepers.=A0 It was impossible to walk on the trail=0Ato the observation = platform at Lake Audy to see the Bison without=0Astepping on writhing masse= s of them, crunching underfoot. =0A=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Ugh.=0A=0A= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Patricia=0AL. Chalmers=0A=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = Halifax=0A=0AAt 11:35 AM 17/08/2013, you wrote:=0A=0AI would like to add th= at the=0AForest Tent Caterpillars are known as "Army Worms" in the west,=0A= primarily Sask & Manitoba. If you have not encountered them when=0Aabundant= , it is difficult to conceive the spectacles of them covering=0Abuildings, = roads, & "marching" across crop fields.=0A>Angus=0A>=A0=0A>>_______________= _________________=0A> From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] m= ore on tent caterpillars vs. fall webworms -- was re=0Aspanworms -- was Cho= ke Cherries=0A>Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:37:00 -0300=0A>To: naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca=0A>=0A>At the risk of confusing you readers further: Of our two sp= ecies of tent=0Acaterpillars, only one is a tent-former.=A0 Malacosoma amer= icanum is=0Athe Eastern Tent Caterpillar, and the caterpillars communally s= pin a tent=0Aof silk in a crotch between two or more branches, not in the= =0Afoliage.=A0 But the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria, is=0Am= ostly found as solitary larvae; however, it/they are known to march=0Acommu= nally and to aggregate on tree-trunks, but never form a tent or=0Asilken ne= st. =0A>=0A>Cheers from Jim the Other, in Wolfville.=0A>=0A>Jim Edsall wrot= e on Aug. 15/13:=0A> =0A>=0A>=0A>No. Tent Caterpillers occur in spring and= =A0 early summer, the two=0Aspecies are Malacasoma disstria and Malacasoma = americana. They are=0ALasiocampids closely related=A0 to the silkmoths. The= Fall Webworm=0Aoccurs in=A0 late summer. the species is Hyphantria cunea a= Tiger Moth=0A(Arctiidae)=0A>=0A>=0A>Jim Edsall =0A>=0A>Dartmouth, N.S.=0A>= =0A>check out my website at =0A>=0A>http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/= =0A>=0A> --1425490816-51958218-1376871928=:12761 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thanks for= the information on the Fall Webworms. I am glad they are not as fast movin= g as the tent catepillers as I have been able to control the few attacks on= my fruit trees.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: = 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-= color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style= =3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', '= new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;= "><span>Rob</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>To free oneself of= knowledge is to die, and thus one lives. - Krishnamurti</div><div><br></di= v> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= font-size: 12pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york= ', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <hr size=3D"1"> <font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span= ></b> P.L. Chalmers <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style= =3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><spa= n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 17, 2013 1= 0:30:52 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE= : [NatureNS] more on tent caterpillars vs. fall webworms -- was re spanwor= ms -- was Choke Cherries<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container">= <br><div id=3D"yiv6038283810">=0A<div>=0A<font size=3D"3"> =0A &= nbsp; I saw a severe=0Ainfestation of Army Wo= rms in Riding Mountain National Park=0A(Manitoba) in 2001, and I will= never forget it. The air was=0Afilled with the sound of the caterpil= lars munching leaves - as pervasive=0Aa sound as Spring Peepers. It w= as impossible to walk on the trail=0Ato the observation platform at Lake Au= dy to see the Bison without=0Astepping on writhing masses of them, crunchin= g underfoot. <br><br>=0A U= gh.<br>=0A<br>=0A Patricia= =0AL. Chalmers<br>=0A Hali= fax<br>=0A<br>=0AAt 11:35 AM 17/08/2013, you wrote:<br>=0A</font><blockquot= e type=3D"cite" class=3D"yiv6038283810cite" cite=3D""><font size=3D"3">I wo= uld like to add that the=0AForest Tent Caterpillars are known as "Army Worm= s" in the west,=0Aprimarily Sask & Manitoba. If you have not encountere= d them when=0Aabundant, it is difficult to conceive the spectacles of them = covering=0Abuildings, roads, & "marching" across crop fields.<br>=0AAng= us<br>=0A <br>=0A<hr>=0AFrom: jimwolford@eastlink.ca<br>=0ASubject: [N= atureNS] more on tent caterpillars vs. fall webworms -- was re=0Aspanworms = -- was Choke Cherries<br>=0ADate: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 01:37:00 -0300<br>=0ATo:= naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><br>=0AAt the risk of confusing you readers fur= ther: Of our two species of tent=0Acaterpillars, only one is a tent-former.= Malacosoma americanum is=0Athe Eastern Tent Caterpillar, and the cat= erpillars communally spin a tent=0Aof silk in a crotch between two or more = branches, not in the=0Afoliage. But the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Mala= cosoma disstria, is=0Amostly found as solitary larvae; however, it/they are= known to march=0Acommunally and to aggregate on tree-trunks, but never for= m a tent or=0Asilken nest. <br><br>=0ACheers from Jim the Other, in Wolfvil= le.<br><br>=0AJim Edsall wrote on Aug. 15/13:<br>=0A</font>=0A<dl><br>=0A= =0A<dd>No. Tent Caterpillers occur in spring and early summer, the tw= o=0Aspecies are Malacasoma disstria and Malacasoma americana. They are=0ALa= siocampids closely related to the silkmoths. The Fall Webworm=0Aoccur= s in late summer. the species is Hyphantria cunea a Tiger Moth=0A(Arc= tiidae)<br><br>=0A=0A</dd><dd>Jim Edsall <br>=0A=0A</dd><dd>Dartmouth, N.S.= <br>=0A=0A</dd><dd>check out my website at <br>=0A=0A</dd><dd><a rel=3D"nof= ollow" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/">= =0Ahttp://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/</a><br><br>=0A=0A</dd></dl></blo= ckquote></div>=0A=0A</div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html= > --1425490816-51958218-1376871928=:12761--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects