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In trees, gardens, and even on sidewalks — people across northern B.C. are spotting dark-coloured, fuzzy caterpillars with ...
In trees, gardens, and even on sidewalks — people across northern B.C. are spotting dark-coloured, fuzzy caterpillars with little spots on their backs and wondering if another tent caterpillar ...
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 ...
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 ...
The 80s were notorious for the infestation of the tent caterpillar. Today, we're seeing another rise in the number of insects popping up on trees. CBC's Tristan Mottershead went to find out how bad ...
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 ...
Three decades after they last swarmed Edmonton, the forest tent caterpillars are back in the millions. “They’ve typically gone in boom, bust cycles. It’s been more than 30 years since we ...