I camped at Nickerson state park in Cape Cod Mass 6/17/22 - 6/25/22. It was infested with gypsy moth caterpillars. Some trees had so many caterpillars on the trunk you couldn't see the bark. It rained poop on my tent for a week, I had to wash my giant 11-person tent in the bathtub and re-waterproof it when I got home. While we were at the campsite we watched the caterpillars grow before our eyes, they had doubled in size by the time we left. It rained one day and then they started dying in large numbers. At the time, I attributed it to them just getting too cold, but now I wonder if the fungus did them in. They died stuck on the trees and although their bodies seemed intact their insides turned into gooey black smelly decomposing gunk that would get all over you if you accidentally brushed up against one and broke open its body 🤮
I camped at Nickerson state park in Cape Cod Mass 6/17/22 - 6/25/22. It was infested with gypsy moth caterpillars. Some trees had so many caterpillars on the trunk you couldn't see the bark. It rained poop on my tent for a week, I had to wash my giant 11-person tent in the bathtub and re-waterproof it when I got home. While we were at the campsite we watched the caterpillars grow before our eyes, they had doubled in size by the time we left. It rained one day and then they started dying in large numbers. At the time, I attributed it to them just getting too cold, but now I wonder if the fungus did them in. They died stuck on the trees and although their bodies seemed intact their insides turned into gooey black smelly decomposing gunk that would get all over you if you accidentally brushed up against one and broke open its body 🤮
You mean gypsy moth right ?
Yes, spongy moth was formerly known as gypsy moth