Subject: tent caterpillars and birds
Date: May 29 12:03:28 2003
From: Michael Hobbs - hummer at isomedia.com


> But according to <http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/inse003/inse003.htm>,
> some birds will eat them, and the adult moths are eaten by birds and
> bats. Unfortunately, it doesn't say which species:

Yesterday at Marymoor, we saw an American Goldfinch appear to eat a couple
of the caterpillars. Although there were plenty more, it didn't gorge
itself on them.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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