can you see how tightly bound up those branch tips are? not to mention the burdock burrs below, that have grabbed some of the branches and some of the caterpillar web in their velcro grip? what should be waving free in the wind is constricted and confined and a little sad looking. yes, family can do that to you sometimes.

webbed silken nest of the fall webworm caterpillar

arden hills, saint paul, minnesota