Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bumper Crop of Inchworms

I am sure that you have noticed all of the inchworms and their silks over the past few weeks.  They are everywhere.  The mild weather has led to a huge influx of these inchworms or cankerworms.  Here is an article from the News and Observer pertaining to inchworms.  The most notable sentence; "Two varieties are hatching in abundance: the fall cankerworms, whose eggs survived the mild winter on the ground; and the spring cankerworms, which hatch just as leaves are sprouting – especially willow oak."

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Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/28/1963991/bumper-crop-of-inchworms-coats.html#storylink=cpy

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