Sudbury and many other parts of northeastern Ontario are at the centre of an outbreak of tent caterpillars, as the insects’ ...

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So I have two questions: First, are these “tent worms” (which are really caterpillars) a stage of a butterfly or a moth? Second, since butterfly populations are on the decline, should we leave ...

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 ...

In trees, gardens, and even on sidewalks — people across northern B.C. are spotting dark-coloured, fuzzy caterpillars with ...

Spoiler: not much. Schmidt says there are two types of caterpillars people in the Ottawa area are noticing: the eastern tent caterpillar, which is typically black and orange in colour with a line ...

A red-eyed vireo is shown harvesting tent-caterpillar nest silk. Non-native flora is generally not suitable for most caterpillars, as the larvae have a scant coevolutionary history with introduced ...

Eastern tent caterpillars are a native species that create noticeable silken nests in trees, primarily black cherry trees. While they may cause temporary defoliation, they do not kill trees and ...

Admittedly, Kathy Carlson of Duluth doesn’t know very much about forest tent caterpillars. But she does know she never wants to see one again. Consider her wish (partially) granted. The ...

In many cases, trees that lost their leaves early in the spring can regrow them leaves in July, after tent caterpillars have stopped feeding. Healthy trees can survive two or three years of total ...

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 ...