Tent caterpillars will soon be munching
;• WASHINGTON, D.C. -It hordes of hungry tent more than 150 insects, can Federation,
happens every spring. Some caterpillars. strip a healthy but unlucky “Tent caterpillars are the
trees that have just sprouted A single web of tent tree, according to the larvae of a fuzzy, reddish
new leaves lose them all to caterpillars, containing National Wildlife brown moth,” explains the
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Federation. “The moths
never eat, living only a few
weeks— just long enough to
mate and lay eggs—but their
offspring are devastating.”
The female moth lays her
eggs in a nng around a tree
twig—often a wild cherry or
apple tree. Then she covers
the eggs with a bubbly liquid
which soon hardens into a
shiny, weatherproof
covering that protects the
eggs all winter.
When tent caterpillars
hatch in the spring, they
gather at a forked branch of
the tree and begin to form
their tent-like web with silk
from glands m their mouths.
“The web acts like a tiny
greenhouse,” says NWF,
“storing heat and keeping
the insects warm m chilly
weather. It also keeps them
dry during rainstorms and
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rays of the sun.” As the
caterpillars grow, they add
onto their tent, so it, too, gets
bigger.
Tent caterpillars stuff
themselves on leaves for
almost six weeks. Then they
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tree and find a protected
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