The weather is warming up in Michigan, which means it is time for beach days, picnics, barbecues and fun times outside. While ...

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 ...

Worried about spongy moths stripping your trees this summer? Michigan DNR says their numbers are dropping—here’s what you can ...

Forest tent caterpillars have been seen feasting on trees throughout Edmonton this year. An outbreak of this magnitude for ...

At times the epidemics reach statewide proportions. The buildup of natural control factors eventually reduces tent caterpillar populations to a low ebb, but in the meantime serious defoliation of many ...

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 sa ...

The eastern tent caterpillar is a pest native to North America and is usually found in the eastern part of the U.S. It is commonly found on wild cherry, apple, and crabapple. It can also be found on ...

The subject of this writing is one of our most conspicuous caterpillars, the eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum). Almost everyone has noticed them, due to the conspicuous white silken ...

Some birds, like the red-eyed vireo, utilize the silk from tent caterpillar nests for building their own nests. 'Tis the season for caterpillar overreaction. Before we get to the protagonist of ...