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[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Eastern Tent Caterpillar and Forest Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americana & Malacosoma disstria

At first glance, these two insects might be mistaken for each other, leading to much confusion and speculation over how worried one should be over the surrounding foliage! So, which insect is which? Picture 1 gives a glimpse at the Eastern Tent Caterpillar while Pictures 2 and 3 are of the Forest Tent Caterpillar. They easiest way to tell them apart is to look at the line going across their backs from head to abdominal tip. The Eastern Caterpillar’s dorsal line is a firm, solid line while the Forest Caterpillar’s line is separated across body segments. Furthermore, the Forest Caterpillar’s body has the appearance of greater predominance of blue while the Eastern Caterpillar’s blue is more obscured by the hairs (with golden hues) dotted along the body. Finally, the Eastern Caterpillar has a dark colored face and the Forest Caterpillar has a bright face of a bluish hue. Those are the physical differences, but there are also differences in their nesting habits which are discussed below. For now, whichever Caterpillar you find on your travels, handle with care as the hairs have the potential to be irritating on contact with skin. Nothing happened to me when I handled the Forest specimen, but I still advice caution. When it comes to hairy Caterpillars and their effects, there’s a world of difference between Woolly Bears and White-Marked Tussock Caterpillars! The insects of today’s post are somewhere in the middle. Now about those nesting habits... 

When it comes to Tent Caterpillars, they are quite social and tend to group up within silken structures (sadly not seen here) near to the foliage they eat. Unlike Spindle Moth Caterpillars which use their silk to bind plants together, Tent Caterpillars use available structures on trees and plants as foundations foor their silk. Eastern Caterpillars spin true tents to live in that are among the largest within Lasiocampidae (a Moth family branch), while Forest Caterpillars create mats and paths with their silk, lining trees with that for adhesion while they feed. The former do share some habits of nest construction with the aforementioned Spindle Caterpillars: build it with sunlight in mind to ensure beneficial heat, and use the nest to avoid predation. However, these Caterpillars here may have gotten lost or fell from their tree. What you see in the pictures before you isn’t the norm, which tends to be outbreaks that congregate on foliage, leading to voracious feeding! Isolation tends to happen when it’s time to pupate (grouping up while in a vulnerable state would just be an invitation for a hungry predator) or if individuals fall from a tree when silk production thins out , especially for the Forest Caterpillar. Silk may thin out temporarily, but on the final instar, every bit of silk that was conserved goes into cocoon production.   

The Forest Tent Caterpillar’s pictures were taken on July 2, 2016 in Wasaga and the Eastern Tent Caterpillar’s picture was taken June 10, 2017 at the Royal Botanical Gardens; both insects were captured with a Samsung Galaxy S4. Next week, a third Caterpillar making a guest appearance in the Eastern Tent Caterpillar’s picture (the Fall Cankerworm) will be explored. 

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[dvdnvk]

The Beacon

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[nicholasjameslink]

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[canajunfinances]

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[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 24,862

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[gameraboy2]

Wasaga Beach, Ontario

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[seancamerons]

omg so i know wasaga beach in real life doesn't have a friggin' school called wasaga junior high or wasaga high, don't tell me i just googled to find out.

i mean seriously, what school sean cameron would've went to if he existed in their hometown? research for fics let me tell you, a rewarding experience lmfao! obviously a public school, state run, maybe no extracurriculars, perhaps underfunded, all money goes to like sports and he's not a super jock but maybe did do a little bit of sports like wrestling which he did even do at dsc, basketball too or even because he had to or someone kind of wanted him to 'succeed' or perhaps it was his social worker. could've been a bus kid. if it was a good school i doubt he'd been sent to toronto or attended degrassi while living with tracker. the school geographically i assume, it wasn't close but it wasn't far. couldn't walk there, his parents probably didn't have a car that worked well enough, financially strapped, hungry, not a good place most likely.

by in contrast, the locals like the poguelife of outer banks and the kooky shoobies for reference. haves and have nots. who has a summer home? who day trips? if sean lived in wasaga he likely had odd jobs around, whoever would hire a teenager pretty much so little mom and pop shops, ice cream or water ice window or stand, maybe waited tables but lost his temper with a mean shoobie customer who will leave at the end of the summer anyway quit. not great with confrontation.

is this type of thing a thing? will i make it a thing in this fic? absolutely. when do i ever not explore backstories and such? i wanted sean to talk or show what his time was like for the time in wasaga. a missed opportunity in early season 6 or let's face it ever. with context clues, throwaway lines in episodes painting the picture and throwing stuff like that around i tell a story. a snippet. a word and grab inspo from these types of things. it's fun. that's another of the many reasons i love to write. i love creating worlds within worlds. weaving words with action, diologue and symbols and obviously lots of romance.

for elementary birchview dunes elementary or worseley elementary for upper grades, byng public school not sure.

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[alanjamesart]

wasaga beach 12 hours apart

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[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa

For as long as I’ve been bug hunting and photographing insect, I just haven’t been able to find the Mantids that are out in the wild. Perhaps that’s a testament to their ability to blend into their environment. Fortunately for me, Mantids seem to find my friends very easily, and so today we have a short video sent to me from my friend up in Wasaga (the same location as post #600) of a Mantis on the windowsill. I’m extremely appreciative of this clip and the chance to observe some insect behavior from a specimen elusive to me. Also known as the “European Mantis”, this individual is taking a time out in order to clean off its claws using its mouthparts. Though a formidable predator in the insect world, even a Praying Mantis needs to be careful, so they employ a wobbling technique to mimic an object moving to the breeze. Stick Insects do this too, pretending to be a real stick in the breeze. Mantid wobbling serves multiple functions: beyond camouflage, it may also help their ability to ambush. Some insects may be pay no mind to an object moving in the breeze. As well, the wobbling may help strength their understanding of visual information. My reading on this is limited for now, but wobbling may be a useful tool to discern overlapping objects in front of the Mantis. If you’re going to hide in plain sight and reach out in front of you to seize a prey insect, navigating around any obstacles beforehand is a must!

Video was recorded on September 2, 2022 in Wasaga with an iPhone X

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[deequeen666]

Everybody loves sunsets!

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[dvdnvk]

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[nicholasjameslink]

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[alanhunt]

Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada, 1949

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