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The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths. It is univoltine , producing one generation per year. It is a tent caterpillar , a social species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees.
The following description of the tent caterpillar life cycle is based on that of the eastern tent caterpillar, the best-known species. The details of the life histories of other species vary to a small extent. Tent caterpillars hatch from their eggs in the early spring at the time the leaves of their host trees are just unfolding.
The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It is the sole family in superfamily Lasiocampoidea.
Bagworm, Fall Webworm or Eastern Tent Caterpillar? Archived 2014-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, August 18, 2001. Sandra Mason, University of Illinois Extension. Accessed May 31, 2010. Bagworm Control, Photos and Video from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Archived 2019-12-02 at the Wayback Machine; Bagworm fact sheet from Penn State
The forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) is a moth found throughout North America, especially in the eastern regions. Unlike related tent caterpillar species, the larvae of forest tent caterpillars do not make tents, but rather, weave a silky sheet where they lie together during molting .
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Malacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. [2] The larva is commonly called the Tent caterpillar. Species ...
Distinct from other communal moth larvae such as eastern tent caterpillar which over-winter as eggs, then create webbed nests in branch crotches during spring and summer. Post-diapausing gregarious larvae: The emerging larvae, approximately one centimeter long, resume feeding in early April synchronized with bud break , and still inhabit the ...