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Insect Quiz August, 2004

You are walking in your yard and are startled to find your sumac covered with red and yellow striped caterpillars. These insects are almost two inches long and have eaten about half the leaves on your shrubs. You notice that when you get close to the sumac, many of the caterpillars rear their bodies into a very threatening posture.

QUESTIONS

1. What are these insects?

2. Are they harming the sumac?

3. Are they harmful to people?

4. What is the best management?

Answer

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