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Malacosoma americanum, a univoltine social caterpillar inhabiting communal nests in the branches of trees.
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Eastern tent caterpillar — Adult … Wikipedia
eastern tent caterpillar — noun : the gregarious web building larva of a reddish brown American moth (Malacosoma americanum) hatching in spring, feeding on the young foliage of apple, wild cherry, and related trees, and building community nests of silk in crotches of the… … Useful english dictionary
Tent caterpillar — Taxobox name = Tent caterpillars image width = 240px image caption = Lackey moth, Malacosoma neustrium regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera unranked familia = Macrolepidoptera superfamilia = Lasiocampoidea… … Wikipedia
tent caterpillar — 1. any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web. 2. the North American larva of M. disstria (forest tent caterpillar), which spins a… … Universalium
tent caterpillar moth — any of a group of moths in the family Lasiocampidae (order Lepidoptera) in which the larvae (caterpillars) spin huge, tent shaped communal webs in trees, are often brightly coloured, and can defoliate forest, fruit, and ornamental trees. The… … Universalium
Forest tent caterpillar — Taxobox name = Forest tent caterpillar image width = 200px image caption = a. Clutch on twig; b. Adult; c., d. eggs image2 width = 200px image2 caption = Caterpillar status = NE status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda… … Wikipedia
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth — a. Clutch on twig; b. Adult; c., d. eggs … Wikipedia
forest tent caterpillar — noun larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees • Syn: ↑Malacosoma disstria • Hypernyms: ↑tent caterpillar * * * noun : a hairy orange striped and… … Useful english dictionary
Lasiocampidae — Taxobox name = Lasiocampidae image width = 240px image caption = Philudoria potatoria regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera unranked familia = Macrolepidoptera superfamilia = Lasiocampoidea familia =… … Wikipedia
Black Cherry — Taxobox name = Black Cherry image width = 240px image caption = Black Cherry flowers and leaves regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae subfamilia = Prunoideae genus = Prunus subgenus =… … Wikipedia