8/8/2006: Swedish caterpillar infestation

Undertoad · 08-08-2006, 10:36 AM

axlrosen points to Boing Boing which points to this horrible image gallery of caterpillar infestation in Sweden.

I'm so very sorry to present you with the images that will fill your nights with terror for the rest of the week. Entire bicycles and trees are coated with the cocoons.

The trees are stripped bare by this stuff, but apparently they come back.

A Boing Boing correspondent says this is probably the "Bird-cherry Ermine butterfly" but Wikipedia suggests it's more of a moth.

What it'll look like when they're done. Not much improvement!

Sundae · 08-08-2006, 10:43 AM

Next time I get too hot at work I will come back to those images. I didn't think I had any problem with caterpillars, but that has given me the cold shudders.

barefoot serpent · 08-08-2006, 10:57 AM

tent caterpillars are fun to eradicate with a can of Lysol and a Bic lighter...

edit: for example...

Ibby · 08-08-2006, 11:52 AM

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*runs away before they get him too*

LabRat · 08-08-2006, 12:04 PM

The bike/tree picture from far away is actually pretty cool. Till you get closer and see the creepy crawlies under the seat. Maybe it's a Terry 'Butterfly' bike seat...

astrodex · 08-08-2006, 12:21 PM

When I was a kid, our neighbors had a caterpillar infestation. Unfortunately, the little critters don't respect fence lines and that made for an entire summer spent avoiding the back yard. I can still remember trying to walk through the yard without stepping on any. Impossible. Squish, squish, squish.

But it beats the frog infestation my father remembers from his childhood. (Full body shudder.)

Stormieweather · 08-08-2006, 12:43 PM

Once upon a time, approximately 7 years ago, I drove up to Tarpon Springs with my boss for a meeting with an apartment complex owner. It was a rainy day which is not unusual here in Florida. When we pulled into the parking lot of the apartment complex, we suddenly realized the dark pavement was moving! A closer look revealed that the entire lot as well as the grass and tree branches were blanketed with tiny tree frogs (about thumbnail sized). There was not a square foot anywhere that didn't have hopping, squirming, squishy little frogs covering it.

He pulled up as close to the front door as he could get, and I gingerly tiptoed across the frogs, mangling quite a few in the process. It was the most horrible, disgusting walk of my life. I'll never forget the crunch and 'sploosh' sounds as well as the squashing sensation under my high heeled pumps.

Stormie

glatt · 08-08-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

I gingerly tiptoed across the frogs, mangling quite a few in the process. It was the most horrible, disgusting walk of my life. I'll never forget the crunch and 'sploosh' sounds as well as the squashing sensation under my high heeled pumps.

Isn't that a kind of fetish? Women in high heels crushing little animals?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2006, 01:51 PM

Mammals squish much better. Ask Godzilla.

Iggy · 08-09-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

There was not a square foot anywhere that didn't have hopping, squirming, squishy little frogs covering it.

It was the most horrible, disgusting walk of my life. I'll never forget the crunch and 'sploosh' sounds as well as the squashing sensation under my high heeled pumps.

Stormie

I had a similar experience, only it was grasshoppers. Huge, 1 1/2 - 2 inch long, grasshoppers. For people who aren't too familiar with them, they make lots and lots of guts when you squish them.

One summer while I was working at our baseball stadium we had an infestation. I am not sure why, but the entire area was covered with them. I think it had rained or something and they were looking for shelter and they say the bright lights on at the stadium and swarmed it. I could not walk without crushing many of them, and even when I managed to miss them there were already crushed bodies ready to squish under my shoes. The only good thing about it was I was wearing athletic shoes and so they didn't touch my feet... but it was so disgusting to feel the nastiness under my shoes!!! *shudders*

Pancake Man · 08-08-2006, 02:18 PM

First one looks like someone found a bike and a can of spray paint.

capnhowdy · 08-08-2006, 04:21 PM

That's one bicycle seat I don't wish I was. C'mon guys, you know what I'm saying.

Elspode · 08-08-2006, 04:29 PM

I've seen this movie. Everyone comes out of pods and starts killing the normal people!

I saw the bike pic before I'd paid any attention to the thread title, and I thought I was looking at another strange art installation.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I've seen this movie. Everyone comes out of pods and starts killing the normal people!

Whew.... That means we're all safe.

ajaccio · 08-08-2006, 05:55 PM

That first one looked Photoshopped to me, especially around the wheels and spokes. Wasn't till I saw the close-ups that I believed it.

08-08-2006, 10:36 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/8/2006: Swedish caterpillar infestation axlrosen points to Boing Boing which points to this horrible image gallery of caterpillar infestation in Sweden. I'm so very sorry to present you with the images that will fill your nights with terror for the rest of the week. Entire bicycles and trees are coated with the cocoons. The trees are stripped bare by this stuff, but apparently they come back. A Boing Boing correspondent says this is probably the "Bird-cherry Ermine butterfly" but Wikipedia suggests it's more of a moth. What it'll look like when they're done. Not much improvement!

08-08-2006, 10:43 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Next time I get too hot at work I will come back to those images. I didn't think I had any problem with caterpillars, but that has given me the cold shudders. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-08-2006, 10:57 AM	#3
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	tent caterpillars are fun to eradicate with a can of Lysol and a Bic lighter... edit: for example... __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading Last edited by barefoot serpent; 08-08-2006 at 11:00 AM.

08-08-2006, 11:52 AM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	... ... ... runs away before they get him too __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-08-2006, 12:04 PM	#5
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	The bike/tree picture from far away is actually pretty cool. Till you get closer and see the creepy crawlies under the seat. Maybe it's a Terry 'Butterfly' bike seat... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

08-08-2006, 12:21 PM	#6
astrodex May Ter Dee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 26	Bad Memories When I was a kid, our neighbors had a caterpillar infestation. Unfortunately, the little critters don't respect fence lines and that made for an entire summer spent avoiding the back yard. I can still remember trying to walk through the yard without stepping on any. Impossible. Squish, squish, squish. But it beats the frog infestation my father remembers from his childhood. (Full body shudder.)

08-08-2006, 12:43 PM	#7
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Once upon a time, approximately 7 years ago, I drove up to Tarpon Springs with my boss for a meeting with an apartment complex owner. It was a rainy day which is not unusual here in Florida. When we pulled into the parking lot of the apartment complex, we suddenly realized the dark pavement was moving! A closer look revealed that the entire lot as well as the grass and tree branches were blanketed with tiny tree frogs (about thumbnail sized). There was not a square foot anywhere that didn't have hopping, squirming, squishy little frogs covering it. He pulled up as close to the front door as he could get, and I gingerly tiptoed across the frogs, mangling quite a few in the process. It was the most horrible, disgusting walk of my life. I'll never forget the crunch and 'sploosh' sounds as well as the squashing sensation under my high heeled pumps. Stormie __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

08-08-2006, 01:51 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mammals squish much better. Ask Godzilla. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2006, 02:18 PM	#11
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	First one looks like someone found a bike and a can of spray paint. __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

08-08-2006, 04:21 PM	#12
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	That's one bicycle seat I don't wish I was. C'mon guys, you know what I'm saying. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-08-2006, 04:29 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've seen this movie. Everyone comes out of pods and starts killing the normal people! I saw the bike pic before I'd paid any attention to the thread title, and I thought I was looking at another strange art installation. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-08-2006, 05:55 PM	#15
ajaccio Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 76	That first one looked Photoshopped to me, especially around the wheels and spokes. Wasn't till I saw the close-ups that I believed it.

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