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The Giant Webs You Might See on KY Trees? Those Aren t Spiders

Those giant webs you see in trees might pass for spider webs in bad horror movies, but, in real life, those things belong to far less intimidating creatures.

The Giant Webs You Might See on KY Trees? Those Aren t Spiders

Residents of an island in Washington are facing an unprecedented invasion of millions of caterpillars

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that you normally don t think about in these areas right now. and so, it is a shift, too much water in some places, not enough in others, and not enough moisture, not enough snow packs in the winters right now stressing our forests. and, bill, researchers usually say that where there is forest, there is the risk for wildfire. there is an insect that is also making things more difficult, right? that s exactly right. there is a spruce bud worm, kind of defoliating sap-filled soft wood trees, making them into kindling over time. there is also bark beetles and tent caterpillars. this goes back to the winters. if the winter isn t cold enough to kill off these pests, then the trees have to suffer season after season, getting nibbled on in this way and making them all the more vulnerable, just one way things are changing. you see the same thing happening with maple syrup production. maple trees need a certain needed to be freezing and then thawing on the same day and those days are goin

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