Apple Trap
by Carol Lynn Coronios
Title
Apple Trap
Artist
Carol Lynn Coronios
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A huge web hanging from an apple tree traps many apples. Perhaps the spiders (or whatever created this web) are saving them for winter?
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March 19th, 2014
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Carol Lynn Coronios
Thank you all. Joni is correct - it is a tent caterpillar mess - it just struck me as interesting in a weird sort of way.
Joni Eskridge
I think those might be tent worms. About 10-12 years ago, we had such an infestation of tent worms in our area that a great many trees were covered in these web tents. It lasted 2-3 years, and then they were gone. But for those few years it was distressing to see so many trees covered in silk tents.
Carol Lynn Coronios replied:
Joni, that's exactly what it is. And you're right - they do tremendous damage to the trees and crops. I'd just never seen one that formed like a cocoon over the fruit and it intrigued me in a very offbeat way.