Tent caterpillar out breaks have been around for quite some time. My Dad
told about watching the train slide through the station at the Willows near
Redmond greased by tent caterpillars. This would have been before WW I.

Ed Swan
edswan at thurston.com
Olympia, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn Weaks" <"allyn." at tardigrade.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: tent caterpillars and birds


> On 27/5/2003, Ian Paulsen wrote:
>
> > Currently in western WA State we are having an "outbreak" of tent
> >caterpillars.
>