Do tent worms cause sickness?

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Grand children were collecting/playing with tent worms, do they cause any sickness?

-- Stephanie Widmann (yarn@planetc.com), April 16, 2001

Answers

only if they have leaves otherwise its just a catipillar

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), April 16, 2001.

Tent worms are harmless to humans according to anything I've ever read. But they will decimate your leaves and produce umpteen million more for the coming year. They're just plain ugly to be honest, and I'd rather not have them on my place!

-- Donna M. Davis-Prusik (Seven9erkilo@knoxcomm.net), April 16, 2001.

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