TENT CATERPILLAR



About of TENT CATERPILLAR










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  • Forest Tent Caterpillars on the Rise WATERBURY- Forest health specialists from the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) report that forest tent caterpillars are again expected in high populations in Vermont this summer

  • Observers in southern Vermont already report caterpillars hatching

  • In 2004, forest tent caterpillar numbers spiked, resulting in defoliation of 90, 000 acres of Vermont forest

  • Native to North America, forest tent caterpillars are cyclic pests that thrive during intervals in which unusually cold winters are followed by warm spring weather as was seen in 2003-2004

  • Forest tent caterpillars congregate on silky mats spun on the bole of a tree or at the base of a large limb during the day

  • They do not create "tents" in the crotches of branches and small trees as does their close relative the Eastern tent caterpillars

  • Forest tent caterpillars will continue feeding through June and tree defoliation is expected until feeding stops in mid-late summer

  • Forest tent caterpillars feed on a variety of tree species, including aspen, beech and yellow birch, but the species is particularly fond of sugar maple, oak and ash in Vermont



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    Descriptions, with sketches, of common garden pests. Includes suggestions for
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  • *Larva (4 cm): Velvety green caterpillar with orange back-stripe, broken yellow side-stripe; feeds for about 15 days, then pupates

  • *Larva (4 cm): Light green or brown to almost black caterpillar, usually striped; head yellow, legs dark; rolls up when disturbed; pupates in soil after feeding for 3-4 weeks

  • 2 Sold as Puronuard ~ and Fossil Flower @ EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR 1 livrée d'Amérique Malcosoma americanus DESCRIPTION and LIFE HISTORY * indicates damaging stage Adult (4.5 cm wingspan): Yellowish brown to dark chocolate brown moth (female often lighter), with two oblique whitish stripes on each wing

  • Egg: In shiny, dark brown, saddlelike cases 2cm long (150-350 eggs), straddling or encircling twigs of susceptible trees; laid in fall *Larva (5 cm): Black caterpillar with whitish back-stripe and blue, yellow and reddish-brown markings; sparsely hairy; makes commune webs, usually in tree forks; matures in 4-6 weeks

  • Overwinter as eggs DAMAGE Caterpillar attacks leaves of WILD CHERRY, WILD PLUM, APPLE and other orchard and shade trees; weakens (but seldom kills) trees

  • Populations fluctuate greatly, usually in 7-10 year cycles, in phase with natural controls CONTROL: in spring, wipe newly spun webs off branches with kerosene-soaked cloth (not lit!) - in fall or winter, destroy egg-cases and cocoons (don't confuse with papery spindle-shaped cocoons of the beneficial PRAYING MANTIS); - spray Bacillus thuringiensis 1 on caterpillars; - black light trap for adults; dust with diatomaceous earth



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  • The butterflies and hummingbirds are out, the caterpillars have gone and the moths are less a pest than we expected

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  • The forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), western tent caterpillar (M


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    Native range, habitat, associated forest cover, supporting soils, and detailed
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  • Insect defoliators that attack the swamp chestnut are June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), orangestriped oakworm (Anisota senatoria), fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria), spring cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata), forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), yellownecked caterpillar (Datana ministra), variable oakleaf caterpillar (Heterocampa manteo), and the redhumped oakworm (Symmerista canicosta)


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  • A FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON TEXAS INSECTS ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF INSECT ORDERS - roaches - beetles, weevils - springtails - earwigs - flies - mayflies - true bugs - aphids, fleahoppers - ants, wasps, bees - termites - butterflies, caterpillars - mantids - scorpionfly - lacewings - dragonflies, damselflies - grasshoppers - walkingstick - lice - stoneflies - booklice - fleas - thrips - silverfish - caddisfly NON-INSECT ARTHROPODS - mites, ticks - spiders - centipedes - millipedes - sowbugs, pillbugs - harvestmen - pseudoscorpions - scorpions - windscorpions - vinegaroons Index key: Common name, scientific name (namer), (Order:Family), photo credit

  • (Diptera: Tachinidae), adult of a caterpillar parasite

  • , Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae ), caterpillar

  • , Diatraea sacchari (Zehntner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), caterpillar

  • Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), caterpillar

  • , Uresiphita (=Tholeria) reversalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), caterpillar on Texas mountain laurel

  • Calpodes ethius (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), caterpillar

  • , Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), caterpillar


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  • This publication provides information on several common oak defoliators including Gypsy Moth, Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Fall Webworm and more


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  • Within four weeks Tobin's research program had focused on toxins associated with the Eastern Tent Caterpillar as the probable cause of MRLS

  • Research directed towards identifying the caterpillar related toxin/agent is currently ongoing


    The Monitoring Acid Rain Youth Program (MARYP)
    Summary report of an educational program where young people monitored acid rain
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    Describes how various species organize their society. Includes facts on feeding,
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  • The moth of the tent caterpillar oviposits in clusters, and her progeny keep together in the larval state


    Vermont Department of Forests & Parks
    A Department of Vermont State Government that manages state lands, parks and
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    ADW: Lepidoptera: Information
    Taxonomy and species accounts of moths and butterflies from the Animal Diversity Web.

  • The life cycle of a butterfly includes four stages: egg, caterpillar or larva, pupa, and adult

  • When the eggs hatch, the caterpillar enters the first instar (stage of development)

  • Each time the caterpillar grows bigger, it sheds its skin in a process called molting

  • After the fifth molting, the caterpillar is usually full grown


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