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Post by whippet on Jun 27, 2017 21:39:42 GMT
A friend visits USA every year on holiday. A couple of years ago, they were at Wittenburgh, Arizona where she took this photo. It was October. She would like to identify those small things which were floating about. Apparently there were a lot of them in a woodland area. She does not think they were insects. We would like to identify them if possible.  |
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deany
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Post by deany on Jun 28, 2017 12:26:45 GMT
It doesn't look like things flying to me,but more like a web - if one looks closely you can see it gets narrower at the base. It looks to me to be a tent catapiller that the eastern U.S. is well acquainted with.
Dean
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Post by hmca on Jun 28, 2017 13:08:15 GMT
That was the first thought that occurred to me as well, deany and whippet. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jun 28, 2017 15:12:04 GMT
A friend visits USA every year on holiday. A couple of years ago, they were at Wittenburgh, Arizona where she took this photo. It was October. She would like to identify those small things which were floating about. Apparently there were a lot of them in a woodland area. She does not think they were insects I was thinking the same thing as deany and Helen -- tent caterpillars. Then, I did some googling. It looks like they are . . . fall webworms.
cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/archive/fallwebworms.html
dffm.az.gov/fall-webworm
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Post by whippet on Jun 28, 2017 18:19:41 GMT
Thank you all, I knew I would get my answer here.  Thank you for the link Sepiana. I should have had a good look at the above image. It is much bigger than the original photo. The web effect is not really visible. Thank you again. |
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