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Bridgertrailrunner t1_jbgvq3t wrote

It depends where you are and what stage the caterpillars are in, so it's hard to say. Hiking will probably be fine, but I was up in Camden hills during the peak last year and they were falling out of the trees everywhere we went.

Some kids are completely unbothered, others get miserable rashes. Think of it like traveling to an area with a lot of poison ivy.

For my money, If your kids are young I would avoid the woods during the peak.

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queentiffa1234 OP t1_jbgxv7f wrote

Thank you. He’s not young, he’s college aged and his asthma isn’t bad but his excema is really bad (usually only when he is sick). Maybe we will see if we can do coastal things instead. Early May might still be too cold for that though.

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