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Catalpa trees: A sign to go fishing

By Taylor Wilson
Special to ESPNOutdoors.com — Sept. 9, 2004

Thursday, September 9, 2004

There is no doubt, trees are signs of the times for outdoorsmen. For example, blooming dogwoods tell us it's "crappie and/or turkey time." Hickory trees, especially those with hickory nut shavings scattered beneath them in sawmill piles tell us it's squirrel season. And white oak trees raining acorns in fall, means you need to be in a deer stand. Catalpa trees are no different. Thanks to the catalpa sphinx moth and its larva stage — known as the famed catalpa worm — these trees are a ...

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