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Tent caterpillars
Eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lasiocampidae
Subfamily:
Lasiocampinae
Genus:
Malacosoma
Hübner, 1822
Species
About 26, including:
Malacosoma americanum, eastern tent caterpillar
Malacosoma californicum, western tent caterpillar
Malacosoma castrense, ground lackey
Malacosoma disstrium, forest tent caterpillar
Malacosoma neustrium, lackey moth
Tent caterpillars are moderately sized caterpillars, or moth larvae, belonging to the genus Malacosoma in the family Lasiocampidae. Twenty-six species have been described, six of which occur in North America and the rest in Eurasia. Some species are considered to have subspecies as well. They are often considered pests for their habit of defoliating trees. They are among the most social of all caterpillars and exhibit many noteworthy behaviors.
Tent caterpillars are readily recognized because they are social, colorful, diurnal and build conspicuous silk tents in the branches of host trees. Some species, such as the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum, and caterpillars of the small eggar moth, Eriogaster lanestris, build a single large tent which is typically occupied through the whole of the larval stage, while others build a series of small tents that are sequentially abandoned. Whereas tent caterpillars make their tents in the nodes and branches of a tree's limbs, fall webworms enclose leaves and small branches at the ends of the limbs.
Tentcaterpillars are moderately sized caterpillars, or moth larvae, belonging to the genus Malacosoma in the family Lasiocampidae. Twenty-six species...
The eastern tentcaterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tentcaterpillars or lappet moths. It is univoltine...
forest tentcaterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) is a moth found throughout North America, especially in the eastern regions. Unlike related tent caterpillar...
californicum, the western tentcaterpillar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tentcaterpillar. The Western TentCaterpillar is found in southern...
a lycaenid caterpillar. Caterpillar feeding on leaf Life cycle of the red-humped caterpillar (Schizura concinna ). Forest tentcaterpillar (Malacosoma...
described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The larva is commonly called the Tentcaterpillar. Malacosoma alpicolum (Staudinger, 1870) Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius...
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tentcaterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths...
Malacosoma incurva, the southwestern tentcaterpillar moth, is a species of moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Henry Edwards in...
feeding the caterpillars rest at the shelter. The best known of the social caterpillars that are central place foragers include the tentcaterpillars other...
sipping at hummingbird feeders. Their favored prey is perhaps the forest tentcaterpillar moth, which they typically eat in their larval stage, and can be a...
Malacosoma tigris, the sonoran tentcaterpillar, is a species of insect in the moth family Lasiocampidae. The MONA or Hodges number for Malacosoma tigris...
the ground lackey, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tentcaterpillar found in Europe. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in...
tips of the branches, whereas the tentcaterpillar webs are largely found in the unions. Larvae feed inside the tents until the late instars. Very young...
Malacosoma constricta, also known as the Pacific tentcaterpillar, is a species of moth endemic to North America. Malacosoma constricta is known from California...
of the colony to the new nesting site. Gregarious caterpillars, such as the forest tentcaterpillar, lay down pheromone trails that are used to achieve...
American wheel bugs prey on caterpillars and beetles, such as Japanese beetles, the cabbage worm, orange dogs, tentcaterpillars, and the Mexican bean beetle...
emerge after a cold winter. Another example are the eggs of the forest tentcaterpillar moth which overwinter tightly packed on tree branches. Other insects...
Europe. The species is notable for the behaviour of its caterpillars, which overwinter in tent-like nests high in pine trees, and which proceed through...
wild chokecherry is often considered a pest, as it is a host for the tentcaterpillar, a threat to other fruit plants. It is also a larval host to the black-waved...
fly or large flesh fly, is a fly that is a parasitoid of the forest tentcaterpillar. It strongly resembles the house fly but is in a different family,...
field crops to selectively control insect pests, particularly forest tentcaterpillar moths, boll weevils, gypsy moths, and other types of moths. It is a...
order to build up heat before take-off. Gregarious caterpillars, such as the forest tentcaterpillar and fall webworm, benefit from basking in large groups...
been linked to multiple stressors, such as defoliation by the forest tentcaterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), wood-boring beetles such as the poplar borer...
within the plants' leaves due to its alkaline stomach acid. The eastern tentcaterpillar defoliates entire groves some springs. Prunus serotina subsp. capuli...
Nysius aa lives on Mauna Loa. Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and forest tentcaterpillar moths have also been observed in the same Mauna Kea ecosystem; the...
information related to Psychidae. Bagworm, Fall Webworm or Eastern TentCaterpillar? Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, August 18, 2001. Sandra...
with the ability of the silk tent to transmit vibrations throughout the structure. As caterpillars mobilize to leave the tent, others are alerted by the...
attacks caterpillars of various species, including many pests such as spongy moths and tentcaterpillars, and then deposits eggs in the caterpillars. The...
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