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Posted: 5/31/2015 10:17:42 PM EDT

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Found this growing out of a phone pedestal.

For size reference the pedal is about 12" x 12" square. Not the normal small 9nes that are 6x6 or so.

This was a pretty big tree.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:18:42 PM EDT

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a blank tree

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:19:46 PM EDT

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Sorry, in the excitement t I forgot to post the pic

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:20:25 PM EDT

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Call tree?

Seriuosly it looks like a Catalpa tree, they get big caterpillars on them that fish love.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:21:04 PM EDT

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Looks to be made of wood.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:21:21 PM EDT

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A Fago tree. I can tell by the flowers, they are pure fago tree.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:21:40 PM EDT

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http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep521/99sp/lectures/lecture08/img003.JPG

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Posted: 5/31/2015 10:22:20 PM EDT

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I don't know but I'm guessing the orange paint means it is marked for a trimming.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:23:24 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/31/2015 10:23:59 PM EDT

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I don't know but I'm guessing the orange paint means it is marked for a trimming.

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I think it was yellow. I think the gas lines run under there.

Actually orange is used to mark phone catv and other low / non voltage lines.

But I think it was yellow.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:26:04 PM EDT

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Catalpa, should have seed pods that resemble a 16" green bean.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:26:50 PM EDT

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Call tree?

http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep521/99sp/lectures/lecture08/img003.JPG

Seriuosly it looks like a Catalpa tree, they get big caterpillars on them that fish love.

http://texastreeplanting.tamu.edu/treepictures/catalpa_southern.jpg
http://www.clemson.edu/uhc/Catalpa3.jpg

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Yes. It's a Catalpa.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:27:48 PM EDT

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Catalypa, should have seed pods that resemble a 16" green bean.

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Haa. U win 5 internets!

It did have long green bean looking things . About 12 " or so

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:29:03 PM EDT

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The worm turns into a Catalpa Sphinx moth

My grandpa had one in his yard and we used the worms for fishing

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:31:08 PM EDT

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It's a fishing worm tree - aka catalpa tree as others have mentioned

Edit: You can also freeze the worms, then unthaw them before your fishing trip, and cut into pieces as you need them for your fishing hook

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:32:11 PM EDT

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My grandpa had one in his yard and we used the worms for fishing

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They are excellent for fishing. Mine did the same thing. We would catch catfish by the dozen with them, even when nothing else worked.

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:34:14 PM EDT

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Dang. Learn something new errrday.

I didn't see any, but didn't look for caterpillars.

Oh well, won't be seeing g that tree ever again. Don't normally work that area of town and just happened upon it.

Are they Similar to the tobacco horned worms I had on my tomatoes?

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:36:44 PM EDT

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Dang. Learn something new errrday.

I didn't see any, but didn't look for caterpillars.

Oh well, won't be seeing g that tree ever again. Don't normally work that area of town and just happened upon it.

Are they Similar to the tobacco horned worms I had on my tomatoes?

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I don't know but they get big

Posted: 5/31/2015 10:37:09 PM EDT

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Dang. Learn something new errrday.

I didn't see any, but didn't look for caterpillars.

Oh well, won't be seeing g that tree ever again. Don't normally work that area of town and just happened upon it.

Are they Similar to the tobacco horned worms I had on my tomatoes?

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They only eat the leaves of the catalpa tree. Excellent fish bait. Where I grew up, almost everybody had at least one of these trees. Sometime in the early eighties, most everyone cut their trees down for some reason. Lately, I'm seeing more and more of them.