Three decades after they last swarmed Edmonton, the forest tent caterpillars are back in the millions. “They’ve typically ...

People in northern B.C. have been noticing more and more tent caterpillars and a local bug expert says the next outbreak ...

The 80s were notorious for the infestation of the tent caterpillar. Today, we're seeing another rise in the number of insects ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Bats are the only flying mammal species in the world. These insectivores feed on spongy moth, tent caterpillars, fruit worms ...