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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 serve ...

Look around your yard and you may notice the appearance of webbing in the branch crotch of some of your trees. Look closer and you will notice this webbing is filled with small caterpillars. This is ...

Two species of tent caterpillars are important tree pests in New York State. About every decade they become numerous enough in local outbreaks to cause concern. At times the epidemics reach statewide ...

Tent caterpillars have been showing up everywhere, with large webs this spring in and around Chester County. Are they dangerous at all, or just unsightly? How do you remove them? Coordinator of Master ...

Birds don’t typically eat eastern tent caterpillars because of unpalatable hairs on their bodies, Zawislak said, adding that dogs and cats probably wouldn’t find them appetizing, either. He said ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam.” Donna from Campton ...

Winter is not a season when many people think about tents, except maybe to be glad they do not live in one. Oddly enough, however, winter is a crucial time to look for signs of forest-tent ...

Tent caterpillars attack several species of broadleaf trees and shrubs, producing unsightly webs, or tents. When their populations become large, the caterpillars can defoliate trees, stunting their ...