
	Where results make sense

Topic: Tent caterpillars

Related Topics

caterpillar track

Caterpillar Inc

Caterpillar Tractor Company

The Vegetable Caterpillar

tent caterpillars

caterpillar tractors

Caterpillar Equipment

Advice From a Caterpillar

Tent Island Nature Reserve

Tent Bay, Saba, NA

Tentes arch

The Tent Peg

In the News (Wed 11 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	AllRefer.com - tent caterpillar (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
		tent caterpillar, common name for the larvae of the members of a family of moths (Lasiocampidae), easily recognized by the large silk tents, or webs, that the larvae construct during the spring in the crotches of trees, particularly apple and cherry trees.
		The tent caterpillar pupates within the oval white cocoon it spins, and the adult emerges during midsummer as a reddish brown or gray, medium-sized, stout-bodied, hairy moth with feathery antennae.
		Tent caterpillars are classified in the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Lepidoptera, superfamily Bombycoidea, family Lasiocampidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/tentcate.html (504 words)

	TENT CATERPILLARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The forest tent caterpillar pupates in a yellow cocoon that is spun in folded leaves that are attached to the tree.
		The fall webworm differs from the eastern tent caterpillar and the forest tent caterpillar in that fall webworms always place their tent on the end of branches and there is usually more than one generation each year.
		The caterpillars overwinter as pupae in cocoons that are hidden either in the bark of trees or in the soil.
	www.treedoc.com /caterpillar.htm (837 words)

	Eastern and Forest Tent Caterpillars and Their Control, HYG-2022-95
		Nests or tents of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius), are a common sight in along fence rows and in homeowner trees in many parts of Ohio during the spring months.
		Tent caterpillars are generally active until early June and fall webworms are active in July through September.
		The eastern tent caterpillar is easily identified when it builds its white silk nest in the crotch of small trees or where several limbs meet on larger trees.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2022.html (1031 words)

	Tent Caterpillars L-1637
		The web or tent (Figure 4) is most often in a crotch of small limbs, and serves as a refuge for the larvae during the night and during rainy spells.
		Tent caterpillar larvae are attractively colored and more than 1 1/2 inches long.
		Caterpillars knocked from the tree or crawling on a patio may be killed by crushing.
	insects.tamu.edu /extension/bulletins/l-1637.html (1503 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Tent Caterpillars on Prune
		The western tent caterpillar is hairy and dull yellow brown with a row of blue spots adjacent to orange spots on top of the body.
		The forest tent caterpillar is dusky gray, sparsely hairy, with fine yellow brown stripes on the shoulder and side separated by a broad blue lateral stripe.
		Populations of tent caterpillars tend to be concentrated in individual trees scattered throughout the orchard.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r606301111.html (404 words)

	Biology and Control of Tent Caterpillars
		Tent caterpillars are a serious nuisance in western Washington.
		Early in their development, tent caterpillars tend to eat all of the leaves on one branch before moving on to the next.
		Once the caterpillars have hatched, the simplest way to control them is to remove and destroy the larvae and their nests by stripping or pruning them from branches.
	gardening.wsu.edu /library/inse003/inse003.htm (1233 words)

	PMRA \| Effective Control of Tent Caterpillars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The adult tent caterpillar moth lays its eggs in midsummmer and early autumn.
		Since tent caterpillars are native to North America, insect parasites and natural predators such as birds and rodents control a certain percentage of the population.
		If an infestation of caterpillars is suspected, a dormant oil spray may be used on susceptible trees in late winter to smother the eggs before they hatch in early spring.
	www.pmra-arla.gc.ca /english/consum/tentcaterpillars-e.html (773 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		Tent caterpillars are so named because of the tents they build in crotches of trees and branches in the spring.
		Tent caterpillars overwinter as eggs, which are deposited in summer.
		The young larvae feed on opening leaves.Western tent caterpillar larvae are gregarious and group in crotches where they build a tent, or nest, which they enlarge as they feed and grow.
	www.tfrec.wsu.edu /InsectRef/TentCaterpillars/tent_caterpillars.htm (695 words)

	The Eastern Tent Caterpillar
		The fully grown eastern tent caterpillar is about 2 inches long, fl with a white stripe along the middle of the back and a row of pale blue oval spots on each side.
		Tent caterpillars spend the winter in egg masses that are in shiny brown bands around twigs (see Figure 4).
		The eastern tent caterpillar is found most often on apple and wild or ornamental cherry, and occassionally on pecan, hawthorne, beech and willow.
	www.fs.fed.us /na/morgantown/fhp/palerts/etc/etc.htm (290 words)

	IPM - Caterpillars - Safe and Sensible Pest Control
		Caterpillar damage on leaves is unsightly, but, unless plants are small when they are attacked, there is often little long-term harm.
		Even a severe tent caterpillar outbreak may be forgotten by mid-summer after the caterpillars have finished feeding and the trees have put out new leaves.
		For home gardeners, the best control for tent caterpillars is to pull the nests out of trees (wear gloves) or prune them out and drop the caterpillars in a bucket of soapy water.
	wlapwww.gov.bc.ca /epd/epdpa/ipmp/Brochures/caterpillar.htm (1849 words)

	Giving tent caterpillars the boot
		However, when tent caterpillars are wreaking havoc in the garden, it is very hard to sit back and let them defoliate your favorite roses or fruit trees.
		Tent caterpillars are about 2 inches long, dark brown and very fuzzy, with a white stripe down the back and linear or blobby red or blue side markings.
		Tent caterpillars are most likely to be found on fruit trees, from Indian plum and wild cherry to apples, pears and peaches.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /nwgardens/171052_lovejoy29.html (1086 words)

	Tent-Making Caterpillars
		Several kinds of caterpillars feed in groups or colonies on trees and shrubs and produce a silken shelter or tent.
		Western tent caterpillar is the most common and damaging tent caterpillar, sometimes producing widespread outbreaks that have killed large areas of aspen.
		The newly emerged caterpillars move to crotches of branches and begin to produce a mass of dense silk.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /PUBS/INSECT/05583.html (1146 words)

	Forest tent caterpillars - Tree care: Minnesota DNR
		The forest tent caterpillar (FTC), Malacosome disstria, is a native defoliator of a wide variety of hardwood trees and shrubs.
		Forest tent caterpillar rarely causes severe damage to trees and, as a result, the forest does not normally need the protection of pesticides.
		Influence of the forest tent caterpillar upon the aspen forests of Minnesota by D.P. Duncan, A.C. Hodson, and A.E. Schneider.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /treecare/forest_health/ftc (1676 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		The western tent caterpillar has one generation a year and over winter in the egg stage.
		Western tent caterpillars find safety in numbers; the larvae aggregate together in communal silken tents during the night.
		Tents are usually formed in the crotches of smaller branches.
	whatcom.wsu.edu /ag/homehort/pest/tent_caterpillar.htm (682 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		Webbings or tents in the crotches of wild cherry and apple trees in May along roadsides, hedgerows, and edges of fields indicate the presence of the eastern tent caterpillar.
		These tents are first noticed as the young caterpillars hatch and the buds begin to open in early May. As the larvae grow, these tents enlarge and the backs of the caterpillars are covered with light brown hairs with a row of oval, pale blue spots on each side.
		The forest tent caterpillar has a life history similar to the eastern species but makes no tent and is normally found in the woods on oak, poplar, maple, or birch where it may be a serious pest.
	www.state.me.us /doc/mfs/tentcate.htm (455 words)

	The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine
		Tent cats are always around, but their populations are mobile and variable, booming to plague proportions in isolated hot spots.
		All that caterpillar scat feeds the soil, and Western tent caterpillars are an abundant food source for birds and bats.
		Caterpillars don't feed as well the next time around — even as they face increasing assault from disease and predators that thrive on the bumper crop of bugs.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /pacificnw/2004/0418/cover.html (2174 words)

	Pf's Tent Caterpillars! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tent caterpillars, of the Malacosoma or Hyphanantria species, feed on many fruit and ornamental trees and their territory covers the entire continental US.
		The caterpillars from one egg mass move together to the nearest crotch in a branch and spin a silk tent.
		Although the caterpillars are not harmful to humans, many people find them to be repulsive as the caterpillars crawl about seeking places to spin their cocoons.
	pages.prodigy.com /gardenshop/green19.htm (407 words)

	The Provincial Museum of Alberta: Invertebrate Zoology - Bug Facts - Forest Tent Caterpillar
		The Forest Tent Caterpillar can become so numerous some years that it becomes dangerous to travel at normal speeds on some highways as the squashed caterpillars make the road surface very slippery.
		It is worth mentioning that this species does not make a tent, but rather spins a mat of silk on the trunks or main branches of the trees on which they rest when not feeding.
		The caterpillar of lutescens is rather similar to the caterpillar of M.
	www.royalalbertamuseum.ca /natural/insects/bugsfaq/tentcat.htm (786 words)

	Forest tent caterpillars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the peak of a forest tent caterpillar outbreak, the biomass of caterpillars per square kilometre would be equivalent to 657 caribou.
		The biomass of the tiny parasitic flies that attack and feed on these caterpillars would be equivalent to 82 wolves in the same one square kilometre area.
		Given the immense scale of the predator-prey battle going in our backyards, parks, and forests, it isn't surprising that the forest tent caterpillar is the principal defoliating insect of trembling aspen in the boreal forests of Canada.
	www.mts.net /~dkeith2/mar-3.html (346 words)

	Eastern Tent Caterpillar
		Unlike the tent caterpillar, fall webworm nests are located at the ends of the branches and their loosely woven webs enclose foliage while the tents of the eastern tent caterpillar do not.
		These insects are social; caterpillars from one egg mass stay together and spin a silken tent in a crotch of a tree.
		Larger tents may be pruned out and destroyed or removed by winding the nest upon the end of a stick.
	www.uky.edu /Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef423.htm (719 words)

	Oxygen tent -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Tents are used for a wide variety of purposes, including recreation, exploration, military encampment, and public gatherings such as circuses, religious services, theatrical performances, and exhibitions of plants or livestock.
		Tents have also been the dwelling places of most of the...
		On May 24 three members pitched a tent at 27,000 feet (8,230 metres) on the Southeast Ridge but were turned back by wind and...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9332275 (716 words)

	Forest tent caterpillars - 2003 update - Tree care: Minnesota DNR
		Forest tent caterpillars (FTC) ate their way across over seven million acres of rural and urban forests in 2001 and again in 2002.
		Forest tent caterpillars prefer aspen and birch trees in the northern counties of Minnesota and basswood and oaks in central and southern counties.
		The caterpillars are often mistakenly called "armyworms" because of their habit of wandering around in search of food during population outbreaks.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /treecare/forest_health/ftc/2003.html (516 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		The forest tent caterpillar prefers the foliage of sugar maple, poplar, ash, oak, birch, red gum, and fl gum.
		The caterpillars spin a silken mat on the trunk or branch where they congregate during molting periods or when at rest.
		The moths are typically light grayish brown or tan with two brown lines on the front wings instead of the white ones characteristic of the adult eastern tent caterpillar.
	www.esf.edu /pubprog/tentcaterpillars (1087 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		There are three species of tent caterpillars in Kentucky, USA: the eastern tent caterpillar, forest tent caterpillar, and fall webworm.
		Burning the tents should be avoided because the fire and intense heat may damage the tree.
		The photos of the Eastern tent caterpillar tent and egg mass, the forest tent caterpillar larva, and the fall webworm tent were obtained from the CD: G.K. Douce, et al., 1995, Forest Insects and Their Damage Vol.
	www.uky.edu /Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef424.htm (1204 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Forest Tent Caterpillar has a row of "Keyhole" shaped marks, on each body part or segment.
		The Sonoran Tent Caterpillar lacks white marks down the middle of it's back, but has a series of yellow dashes and blue spots on each segment.
		Tents are quite resistant to weather and will remain in the tree for long periods of time.
	nueces-tx.tamu.edu /AG/HomeHort/INSECTS/tentcat.htm (697 words)

	Tent caterpillars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Adult eastern tent caterpillars have a 1 inch wingspread and are brown and yellowish with 2 diagonal markings on the forewings.
		Larvae leave their tents to feed on leaves and can quickly defoliate sections of a tree.
		Larvae feed on leaves of plums, peaches, cherries and a few related plants; silken tents are persistent, unsightly and must be physically removed in ornamental plantings.
	hortipm.tamu.edu /pestprofiles/chewing/tentcat/tentcat.html (163 words)

	Tent Caterpillar Is Common Insect to North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Townsend said eastern tent caterpillars are active as far south as northern Florida, and as far north as southern Canada.
		Eastern tent caterpillars have been observed in the U.S. since colonial times.
		After spending much of their life in and around their silken tents, ETC larvae begin to leave the nest in search of a protected area to spin a cocoon.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/news/2002/May/catergeo.htm (330 words)

	The Backyard Bug Brigade - EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Eastern tent caterpillars become a pest when they feed on deciduous trees and cause defoliation.
		The life cycle of the eastern tent caterpillar consists of egg, larva, pupa and adult stages.
		Open the tent and spray the pesticide directly on the caterpillars late in the day when they are gathered inside.
	www.ns.ec.gc.ca /epb/factsheets/bkyard_bug/caterpillars.html (494 words)

	Tent Caterpillars in Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Eastern tent caterpillars are fl with a long white stripe down their back.
		Eastern tent caterpillars are found primarily on fruit trees such as wild cherry, apple, and crabapple, but can also be found on ash, birch, willow, maple, poplar, and plum trees.
		Forest tent caterpillars look very similar to eastern tent caterpillars, but they have white shoe print or keyhole shaped markings on their back.
	www.extension.umn.edu /county/blueearth/News/jg01jun7.htm (515 words)

	Tent Caterpillars
		Tent caterpillars use their nests as a nighttime refuge until the day begins and they venture out from their safety net to feed on tree leaves.
		Tent caterpillars also feed on peach, plum, beech, birch, willow, poplar, rose, and witch hazel.
		Tent caterpillars will stop feeding by the end of May and pupate into adult moths.
	emmitsburg.net /gardens/articles/frederick/2001/tent_caterpillars.htm (505 words)

	TENT CATERPILLARS DENUDING TREES!
		Eastern tent caterpillars appear early in the spring on ornamental crabapple trees along with other apples, wild cherry, and occasionally hawthorn, maple, cherry, peach, pear and plum trees.
		As ugly as the webs are and as hungry as the pests seem, once the caterpillars are gone and the damage stops, all but the most stressed of trees will grow new leaves or refoliate, so not to worry on that score.
		By the time you see big tents and severe damage, the eastern tent caterpillar season is nearly over and most of the damage is already done.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/cottage_gardening/39828 (523 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)