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Yes, that is exactly what they look like---tiny, spring green, and innocent looking, but talk about a mess!!! They decimated two big trees in the back, and all the leafs were strewn covered in silk all over the back drive, the back garden, the side garden, the front yard, and the courtyard. It happened so fast that I barely had time to respond. I shudder to think what next Spring will bring now. I thought birds would go after them but no such luck.
I have no ideal how to post pics. It looks like tiny caterpillar in green.
Go to your user control panel, on the left side you'll see pictures and albums, click on it. At the top it says add album right under "my settings" and where it says hipastore's albums. Put a title such as post stuff, make it public, hit submit. You'll see Click here to upload pictures! Navigate to where you have the photo, then upload. Go to the album, click the picture, it gives you links at the bottom for BB code. Just copy the 2nd one that looks like below, note I changed the brackets or it would post like the pic below.
Go to your user control panel, on the left side you'll see pictures and albums, click on it. At the top it says add album right under "my settings" and where it says hipastore's albums. Put a title such as post stuff, make it public, hit submit. You'll see Click here to upload pictures! Navigate to where you have the photo, then upload. Go to the album, click the picture, it gives you links at the bottom for BB code. Just copy the 2nd one that looks like below, note I changed the brackets or it would post like the pic below.
Expand your horizons....Natural populations fluctuate naturally. An extreme example is the 17-yr cicada, and everybody is familiar with the deer/wolf population interaction....
...there are weather (not climate) related fluctuations. For example, we had a boom year here in WI in 2021 for butterflies, but a very cold, prolonged spring this year had populations way down, apparently decreasing the over-winter survival rate....That, in turn, put pressure on the populations of many birds, also seen in lower numbers this year than last....It'll return. After all, what is actually "normal?"-- the high numbers, the low numbers or the average over many cycles?
In regards this particular thread, westsideboy has a good post above about natural balance... If an infestation is not doing appreciable harm to the plants, let nature take it's course. If there is appreciable damage, then it's probably a situation of too little host plant for the number of invaders-- probably an artificial garden in an urban/suburban setting. The problem solves itself-- too little food and the population will fall.
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