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   Message 39,231 of 40,484   
   Paul Drahn to All   
   Re: Maybe OT: Apple Tree Damage   
   26 Jul 20 19:42:53   
   
   From: pdrahn@jodeco.com   
      
   On 7/26/2020 7:18 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > I was going to get the morning papers the other day when I noticed that the   
   apple tree in the corner of the yard looked strange; it was fuzzy on one side   
   but had full leaves on the other. When I got closer, I saw that on the "fuzzy"   
   side, the leaves    
   had been eaten away except for the main vein that runs up from the branch   
   through the center of the leave. It hadn't been like that the morning before   
   so either a flock of locusts came through during the day or night and ate the   
   leaves. No sight of any    
   bugs around or on the tree.   
   >   
   > The "fuzzy" area was 6-10 feet above the ground. None of the other trees had   
   been damaged and there was no damage on the normal, fully-leaved side of the   
   tree. Any ideas as to what might have caused this?   
   >   
   > Paul   
   >   
   Likely due to tent caterpillars. They love apple trees and this is the   
   right time of the year for them to hatch and crawl up the tree to begin   
   eating leaves and making a large web nest.   
      
   Paul   
      
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