On the bus, in the trees, on the side and top of railings: Caterpillars have taken over Alachua County.
Tussock moth caterpillars are native to Florida and the southeastern United States and feed on oak trees, among many others. Every year they hatch around the same time trees are getting new leaves for spring.
Angeline Handel, 19, a chemical engineering student at the University of Florida, said there are just so many of them and they sometimes crawl on her…