Tent caterpillars appear to be out in full force on Vancouver Island this year, spinning their silk on tree branches to form a white web wrapped around the leaves.
Walk along the Harbourfront Walkway in Nanaimo, for example, and you’ll see these fuzzy creatures dangling from trees and even falling down on passersby.
According to Judy Myers, a zoologist who has been studying tent caterpillars on and around Vancouver Island for 48 years, they were due for an outbreak. She says tent caterpillar outbreaks happen every eight to 11 years, and the last one was in 2012.
“This one took a little bit longer to develop, but it is a normal thing,” she told
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