The tent caterpillar can have serious effects on a tree. This caterpillar can kill a tree by devouring its leaves. If they are controlled they do not usually cause harm.
when the tent caterpillars turn into moths the eastern have a white stripe and the western have a yellow stripe
The Western tent caterpillar likes different types of leaves. They like aspen, cottonwood, willow, and mahogany and are known for stripping trees of their leaves.
The cast of The Forest Tent Caterpillar - 1956 includes: Cameron Graham as Narrator
To get rid of tent caterpillars do not use soapy water i tired it.......it doesnt help.!!! It just gets u wet.........U should try like bee killing crap or some insect killing stuff like bug spry it worked last year.........!!!
It means that the caterpillar pooped
A tent caterpillar when it get long and fat to last the sleep
The eastern tent caterpillars have six legs like the adult butterfly or moth. The eastern tent caterpillar gets it name from the large cocoon the colony spins in a crook of a tree.
about ten days
They have always been in Canada.
Eastern tent caterpillars are NOT poisonous, they are only dangerous to the mare reproductive system of horses but they do cause heavy damage to trees---so watch out for these hungry pests!
yes they will make you very sick
The cocoon like bags in trees belong to the tent caterpillar. These pest like to infest fruit trees and can cause significant damage to the foliage. They are usually seen beginning in the spring through summer. Tree generally have time to regrowth the damaged foliage.