Q: My cherry tree had tent caterpillars on it last year. When might they come back this year, and how do I get rid of them? A: Insect development depends on temperature trends, and Central Maryland ...

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 ...

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 ...

During aerial surveys of the state’s forests this summer, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation found evidence of the forest tent caterpillar in trees in northeastern Vermont.

Eastern tent caterpillars, Malacosoma Americanum, are native to North America and are noticed mainly because of the silken tents they build in the forks and crotches of trees in early spring. While ...

At this time last year, Portage Parks, Recreation and Forestry Manager Tim Raimer put out the word that 2008 was shaping up to be an exceptionally bad year for tent caterpillars - the larvae of a ...

Q. Last spring we had tent caterpillars in several of our young fruit trees. They ate a lot of leaves but the trees seemed to recover. Is there anything I can do this winter to keep them from coming ...

Now that leaves are beginning to emerge, I’ve found my thoughts drifting to forest tent caterpillars, those creepy-crawly critters that show up en masse every 10 to 15 years or so. I still cringe when ...

ANACORTES, Wash. — An influx of tent caterpillars in Anacortes may make for a shocking sight, but experts say it's not a cause for concern. Though some people still might want to take action.

Eastern Tent Caterpillars webs have started popping up in trees. This caterpillar eats the leaves off of trees, especially on wild cherry, apple, and crabapple, although it can also be found on ...

Forest tent caterpillar populations have been on the rise in some northern and west-central Minnesota counties since 2007, but this year’s spotty hatching shows some sign that populations may be ...