Add to ORKGYou\u27re probably wondering why I\u27m sitting here talking to you now. Truth is, I want to tell you all about myself. My entomologist acquaintances call me Malacosoma disstria Hubner. The fact that everyone else calls me a forest tent caterpillar is sort of misleading, because I don\u27t make silk tents like some of my equally illustrious cousins do. I would like to tell you about some of the natural advantages and disadvantages I have in maintaining myself in my niche here on the earth
As a social organism, living in a communal structure is one of the most important physical barriers ...
Bagworm; Eastern & Prairie Tent Caterpillars; Fall Webworm; Mimosa Webworm; Insecticide
Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Prese...
Group living has both negative and positive effects, and various ecological factors can mediate deci...
General EcologyMalacasoma americanum, commonly known as the eastern tent caterpillar, makes tents on...
The Apple-Tree Tent Caterpillar makes the unsightly nests or tents to be seen in the spring in trees...
4 pp., 4 photos, 1 tableTent caterpillars attack broadleaf trees and shrubs and produce unsightly we...
(excerpt) The forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria (Htibner), is a common defoliater of deci...
General EcologyEastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum) are specialist herbivores on the R...
(excerpt) This book is small in size, but large in stature, a simply eloquent narrative on the encou...
The Bulletin is a publication of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Life ...
This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations
Collective behavior in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) meets the thermal constrain...
(excerpt) You may be wondering what an owlet caterpillar is, since “owlet” is not mentioned in some ...
The present work has two main objectives; to determine the benefits and the mechanisms of group-livi...
As a social organism, living in a communal structure is one of the most important physical barriers ...
Bagworm; Eastern & Prairie Tent Caterpillars; Fall Webworm; Mimosa Webworm; Insecticide
Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Prese...
Group living has both negative and positive effects, and various ecological factors can mediate deci...
General EcologyMalacasoma americanum, commonly known as the eastern tent caterpillar, makes tents on...
The Apple-Tree Tent Caterpillar makes the unsightly nests or tents to be seen in the spring in trees...
4 pp., 4 photos, 1 tableTent caterpillars attack broadleaf trees and shrubs and produce unsightly we...
(excerpt) The forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria (Htibner), is a common defoliater of deci...
General EcologyEastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum) are specialist herbivores on the R...
(excerpt) This book is small in size, but large in stature, a simply eloquent narrative on the encou...
The Bulletin is a publication of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Life ...
This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations
Collective behavior in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) meets the thermal constrain...
(excerpt) You may be wondering what an owlet caterpillar is, since “owlet” is not mentioned in some ...
The present work has two main objectives; to determine the benefits and the mechanisms of group-livi...
As a social organism, living in a communal structure is one of the most important physical barriers ...
Bagworm; Eastern & Prairie Tent Caterpillars; Fall Webworm; Mimosa Webworm; Insecticide
Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Prese...