Thousands of fuzzy yellow caterpillars are creeping across the Phoenix metropolitan area, crossing roads, falling into pools and getting into homes.
Some may think they're cute or creepy, but they aren't dangerous, and they don't stick around for long. They make their way off the mountains like South Mountain and into the valleys.
Athena has been studying these caterpillars in her Ahwatukee neighborhood for years. Not only observing them, but rescuing them from harm's way too."So they usually come in Ahwatukee across Chandler Boulevard," Athena said. "I went over to 17th Ave where they usually are, and there were hundreds of them coming from the north and they’re heading towards the south.
But unlike butterflies that create a cocoon, they bury themselves into the ground, turning into a pupa before transforming. "Thomas Hunter, who was the first man to bring cattle to Arizona in 1868, he came over the ridge, and he looked down, and he saw about 250 Pima women in a line," Athena said. "They were out gathering mesquite beans and putting them in their baskets and around their necks they had beautiful necklaces.
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