I was at a park in Outremont about a week ago, and saw some there. I also developed a really bad rash that evening, and believe it may be linked to those caterpillars. A couple were crawling on the bench I was sitting on.
JP, according to Wikipedia, “The gypsy moth caterpillar has been reported to produce a poison ivy–like rash when some people come into contact with the hairs of the larvae (caterpillar) stage. The contact can be direct or even if the small hairs are carried by the wind and onto the skin or clothing of a person.”
I was in Oka park last week and they were everywhere. A lot of trees, especially along the beach, were nearly striped of their leaves. The good news is that I saw lots of trees covered on dead specimens. I assume other bugs like spiders are getting to them. I step on every single one I see. I remember a bad plague of a similar caterpillar eating all the leaves when I was a child in the early 90s.
First single-handed sailboat circumnavigation of the globe – Francis Chichester in LDD
My favorite Hendrix album – Band of LDDs (OK, I admit, that’s a stretch)
Probably there are other examples these came first to mind
EmilyG 09:54 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
Yikes. I’d heard of them in other places and how they’re becoming more common, but I hadn’t known how bad they were here in Montreal.
JP 10:23 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
I was at a park in Outremont about a week ago, and saw some there. I also developed a really bad rash that evening, and believe it may be linked to those caterpillars. A couple were crawling on the bench I was sitting on.
Kevin 11:36 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
The good news is they are easy to prevent and control. All you need is some burlap around a trunk and the time to inspect a tree twice a day.
Chris 13:00 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
Don’t you mean “LDD caterpillar”? Gypsy moth is derived from a culturally offensive slur.
Kate 14:59 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
JP, according to Wikipedia, “The gypsy moth caterpillar has been reported to produce a poison ivy–like rash when some people come into contact with the hairs of the larvae (caterpillar) stage. The contact can be direct or even if the small hairs are carried by the wind and onto the skin or clothing of a person.”
My apologies, Chris. They use the offensive term.
Chris 17:22 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
lol, I guess I should have added a sarcasm tag. 🙂 PC/woke terms infuriate me.
EmilyG 18:54 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
I already knew you were being sarcastic, Chris.
JP 19:25 on 2021-07-04 Permalink
I already knew you were being sarcastic too, and that’s not a compliment.
CE 09:52 on 2021-07-05 Permalink
I was in Oka park last week and they were everywhere. A lot of trees, especially along the beach, were nearly striped of their leaves. The good news is that I saw lots of trees covered on dead specimens. I assume other bugs like spiders are getting to them. I step on every single one I see. I remember a bad plague of a similar caterpillar eating all the leaves when I was a child in the early 90s.
Tee Owe 15:33 on 2021-07-05 Permalink
First single-handed sailboat circumnavigation of the globe – Francis Chichester in LDD
My favorite Hendrix album – Band of LDDs (OK, I admit, that’s a stretch)
Probably there are other examples these came first to mind
Tee Owe 15:37 on 2021-07-05 Permalink
To be correct, Francis Chichester in LDD IV
Kate 20:55 on 2021-07-05 Permalink
And Spock did too much LDD in the Sixties.