Dancing Caterpillars

[flhiker]

OK they are not dancing but they seem to. I saw these everywhere in the Fakahatchee today. Heres two video's one of them just running around and one where they seem to be dancing but I think they are spinning there silk. I don't really know though. We where covered with them through out the day.

YouTube - Caterpillars by the thousands

YouTube - Dancing Caterpillars

[Ranchnanny]

Aren't those like tent Catapillars? We have them here in Central Oregon. I have had them in my fruit trees and birch trees and boy they can destroy a tree in nothing flat. I spray them before they get their tents to big.

Sheridan

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by Ranchnanny

Aren't those like tent Catapillars? We have them here in Central Oregon. I have had them in my fruit trees and birch trees and boy they can destroy a tree in nothing flat. I spray them before they get their tents to big.

Sheridan

Could be I really don't know anything about caterpillars. I will do a little research on them

[dgenovese1]

Dave,
Those guys are something else...kind of cool...kind of freaky...kind of creepy.

I think I've watched too many sci-fi horror flicks with bugs in them.

[MuscleGirl'sHobby]

Holy moly! That's a lot of caterpillars!

[cb977]

Ewwww!!!
Sorry Dave...couldn't watch more than the first 2 seconds!!!

yet another reason for me to live vicariously through you and the other Strand Hikers!