Tent Caterpillar
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name for the larvae of the members of a family of moths (Lasiocampidae), easily recognized by the large silk tents, or webs, ...
Tent Caterpillar & Lappet Moth Family Behaviour
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Interesting Facts about Tent Caterpillars and Lappet Moths ...
Forest Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma disstria - Order Lepidoptera
HOSTS: Sugar maple, birch, oak, aspen and other deciduous.
Other insects eaten include potato beetles, squash bugs, curculio beetle, and larvae of all kinds of insects including gypsy and brown-tail moths and tent caterpillar [7].
Their voracious appetite for the nuisance forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), which they eat in both its larval and pupal forms, may help protect forests from these destructive insects.
Breeding often coincides with outbreaks of cicadas, tent caterpillars, etc.; prey abundance may lead to production of excess eggs and thus to brood parasitism. Young hatch asynchronously. Egg-to-fledge time esp short; can climb about branches at ca.
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is one of the few birds that eat many hairy caterpillars like Tent Caterpillars or Gypsy Moth larvae. It catches its food by hopping and flying among the leaves and waiting to pick up something tasty.
Parry D, Spence JR & Volney WJA. (1997). Responses of natural enemies to experimentally increased populations of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria. Ecol Entomol. vol 22, no 1. p. 97-108.
Remarks This bird is sometimes called a "golden robin," a tribute to the striking brilliance of the male's plumage. It feeds largely on insects and is known to be partial to tent caterpillars and potato beetles making it economically, ...
Yellow-billed Cuckoos won't visit feeders or use nest boxes. They feed primarily on insects and are especially fond of tent caterpillars.
Mattoon (2001) quoted from a study by Kirkland, in a US Department of Agriculture report, who documented the stomach contents of 149 toads, and found pest species including gypsy moths, tent caterpillars, ...
 See also: Caterpillar, Moth, Weasel, Roller, Cecropia Moth
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