WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 – WBOC’s Charles Paparella takes a look at the ubiquitous, Eastern Tent Caterpillar […] ...

The eastern tent caterpillar eventually evolves to become a moth, and this is the height of the hatching season. They're only real crime is eating leaves on trees - mostly wild cherry and other ...

While the Eastern tent caterpillar may be at annoying levels this year, Maryland Department of Agriculture officials assure homeowners that they are not a threat to trees. Their populations are ...

Eastern Tent Caterpillar nest. Photo: J.R. Carmichael, public domain Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager explore the life cycle of this nemesis of orchard and yard.

Eastern tent caterpillars are an important part of their life cycle during the time they spend in northerly breeding, such as Ohio. Naturalist Jim McCormac writes a column for The Dispatch on the ...

Holly J. Travis, The Effect of Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacasoma americanum) Infestation on Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea) Selection of Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) as a Host Tree, The American ...

Damage The eastern tent caterpillar normally favors black cherry, choke cherry, scrub apple trees and many species of ornamentals in the family Rosaceae. When numerous, the insect defoliates many ...

Two species of tent caterpillars are important tree pests in New York State. About every decade they become numerous enough in local outbreaks to cause concern. At times the epidemics reach statewide ...

The eastern tent caterpillar is active early each spring. It is an important insect in horse country due to its role in Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, which resulted in staggering losses of ...

Here's how you can tell them apart and what to do: Tent caterpillars There are two types of tent caterpillars that affect us here, Eastern tent and forest tent caterpillar. Both are native to the U.S.

Eastern tent caterpillars are an important part of their life cycle during the time they spend in northerly breeding, such as Ohio. Naturalist Jim McCormac writes a column for The Dispatch on the ...