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 ...

Alias: The western tent caterpillar is in the moth family. The larvae emerge in late spring, and has a distinct hairy beard running around the entire girth of the caterpillar. These tiny little ...

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A common backyard pest has returned, as some parts of the region are reporting sightings of a seasonal nuisance. You might have seen them crawling up the trees in your backyard or maybe on your ...

Eastern tent caterpillars, Malacosoma Americanum, are native to North America and are noticed mainly because of the silken tents they build in the forks and crotches of trees in early spring. While ...

DULUTH -- Forest tent caterpillar numbers crashed in 2014, a year they should have multiplied, surprising forest pest experts but leaving residents and visitors of northern forests grateful and their ...

Q: My cherry tree had tent caterpillars on it last year. When might they come back this year, and how do I get rid of them? A: Insect development depends on temperature trends, and Central Maryland ...

Tent caterpillars have been showing up everywhere, with large webs this spring in and around Chester County. Are they dangerous at all, or just unsightly? How do you remove them? Coordinator of Master ...

• The forest tent caterpillar is a native defoliator of a wide variety of hardwood trees and shrubs. It is often mistakenly called the armyworm. • Its range in North America extends from coast to ...

COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Tons of forest tent caterpillars (Malacosoma disstria) are showing up in the Lowcountry, specifically in Colleton, Jasper, and Beaufort counties. These caterpillars were ...

They crawl, they eat, they poop and then they turn into moths that fill the air -- but probably not at crazy-big levels for a few more years. It's not a new horror movie but the cyclical invasion of ...