The Sky is Falling!! No wait, that's frass.

Turn the volume way up, like as loud as it will go. I promise you will not blow your speaker. Listen for the sound of rain.

Did you hear it? Did you hear rain? Well, that is not rain. Not the water kind. That is frass. What is frass, you ask? Frass is poop; caterpillar poop. Here is some of the fallen frass on a piece of bark on the ground.

Here is some frass collecting on Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) leaves.

 

 

I could not see the caterpillars, as they are having lunch way up in the tree tops. With most of the leaves decimated, the tasty tree is hard to identify. But, I think this is a American Basswood (Tilia americana), based on the location (I know this tree to grow right here) and the few leaves that are left.

That is one tasty tree!