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Forest tent caterpillars

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==More information==
* [http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/ftc/tentcat.htm US Forest Service site]

==2006 Infestation==
===Photographs===
* [http://wso.williams.edu/~ddavis/caterpillars.JPG Map near Jesup]
===References to caterpillars in academic discussions===
* Paper presented in ARTH 405 on how the caterpillars were creating new public spaces by interrupting traditional pedestrian routes, and how the infested trees represented public art because they caused students and faculty who never knew each other before to gather around in order to collectively witness the unusual phenomenon.
===Chronology===
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|'''May 4'''||[http://wso.williams.edu/discuss/comments.php?DiscussionID=231&page=1#Item_0 Helpful info] posted by Evan Miller. First discussion begun.
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|'''May 3'''||[http://wso.williams.edu/discuss/comments.php?DiscussionID=241 Second discussion] initiated.
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|'''May 8'''||[http://wso.williams.edu/discuss/comments.php?DiscussionID=276&page=1#Item_0 Anti- and pro- caterpillar chalkings] appear.
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|'''May 8'''||"[http://wso.williams.edu/discuss/comments.php?DiscussionID=273 LEVITATING CATERPILLARS AHHH!!!!!!]" discussion initiated.
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|'''May 9'''||Email sent by Dave Fitzgerald, Horticulturist and Grounds Supervisor, clarifying the situation.
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