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 ...

Like M. americanum, the caterpillars stay together until nearly full grown. The moths are typically light grayish brown or tan with two brown lines on the front wings instead of the white ones ...

Eastern tent caterpillars ... Mature caterpillars leave the host plants in early summer in search of suitable sites to pupate within a silken cocoon they will spin. Moths emerge later that ...

The eastern tent caterpillar ... and increase the size of the web. Mature caterpillars wander away from the “tent” after four to six weeks to search out a location to spin a cocoon, typically in the ...

Before we get to the protagonist of this column, a quick note on caterpillar abundance. Suffice to say, caterpillars are everywhere. Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths ...

Caterpillars that survive to become moths are preyed on heavily by bats, and most of the dozen bat species in Ohio are in decline. The eastern tent caterpillar is one of the showiest larvae.