# Caterpillars in Georgia **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 14, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillars-in-georgia/103634 "2002-04-14T23:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillars-in-georgia/103634/1 "2002-04-14T23:13:28Z")
[standard disclosure] I’ve done my searching on Yahoo and Google and have come up empty, so I turn to the entymologists here to save me. [/standard disclosure] I have caterpillars in my back yard. Not just a few, but apparently hundreds (perhaps thousands). They are all black, with what appears to be a solid yellow stripe running down their backs. I live in north metro Georgia, so hopefully, that will narrow down the region. In addition, they are of the ‘slightly fuzzy’ type in that they have a few hairs sticking off the sides, but not completely fur covered. Does anyone know what these are, and more importantly, are they okay to keep alive, or will I have to nuke my back yard in order to save my trees/flowers/shrubs? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillars-in-georgia/103634/2 "2002-04-14T23:52:56Z")
Might be [tent caterpillars](http://www.tent-caterpillar.com/) ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillars-in-georgia/103634/3 "2002-04-15T01:14:23Z")
The Eastern tent is the one, thanks! It seems, at least, I won’t have to napalm my yard for now at least.