Yesterday we braced ourselves against the cold north wind and did our dog walk down Jervis Road. I immediately noticed something strange happening to the leaves of the young Aspen trees that line the road. They had all curled into a cone-like shape. I had never encountered this before.
I know that caterpillars can curl leaves to make a protective shell for themselves, but I couldn’t see any sign of insects, and the fact that every single leaf seemed to be effected made me think that insects weren’t the cause of the phenomenon. I wondered if maybe our drastic change to near freezing weather and strong winds had made this happen as sort of a protective mechanism.
It’s an interesting mystery.
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