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|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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