I'm starting to see extensive damage in the northern portion of zone 6. The chestnut oaks are completely defoliated on Sparta Mt WMA and the white oaks are not much better. The red oaks are doing fine.
Haven't seen much of the gypsy moth yet but the inchworms are extremely heavy this year -- Seeing damage on trees all over - and you can't walk under one without getting the silk all over you --
Park under a tree and your car is peppered with inchworm turds quick -- at night you can hear them eating and crapping
I'm seeing this all around the area -- where the corners of Middlesex, somerset, and union counties meet
Seeing a few gypsy moths when I hunt and fish. I try to kill every one on the ground if I can. Also as mentioned, there are a ton of inch worms around.
Not seeing any in my immediate area (branchville) but I have seen quite a few through out the walpack and stokes while fishing, more then previous years by far. Hate those things.
I remember the days going down parkway in pine barrens in 70s and 80s loaded with them. Not any in my section of morris county. Just lots of inch worms which the birds are feasting on.
They are really hammering the Poconos right now.
Sitting in the woods there all you can hear is them eating and shitting.
even just a few minute walk through the woods and they are all over you
They are all crazy here in z3 Vernon....I have never seen them this bad,I have partial eaten leaves falling all over my yard!!!! My cars are covered in sh@t every day.
Was in Walpack this weekend, killed about a dozen of them, plenty of poop all over my deck and trailer, but the tent catapillers are out too. Seems like above average, but not crazy there.
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