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Field Notes: Tent Caterpillars

The mystery of the strange, webby sacks hanging from trees in the Santa Catalinas.
by David Fenster

Have you ever been in the Santa Catalina Mountains and seen strange webby sacks hanging from trees? Did you wonder what they were? Wonder no longer as producer David Fenster takes you inside the world of Tent Caterpillars. This story is part of the series Field Notes in which Fenster brings us observations from the Sonoran Desert and beyond.

Producer/Videographer/Editor: David Fenster

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