A colder winter has likely put the caterpillars, which are linked to Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, behind their usual ...

The Eastern tent caterpillar gained notoriety in Central Kentucky during the early 2000s when its accidental ingestion by pregnant mares was linked to thousands of cases of Mare ...

The buildup of natural control factors eventually reduces tent caterpillar populations to a low ebb, but in the meantime serious defoliation of many kinds of deciduous trees can occur. The eastern ...

Those conspicuous white masses of webby material that are seen in the forks of branches of trees are created by the eastern tent caterpillar. Populations of this insect fluctuate from year to ...

Entomophaga 20: 121-127. Fitzgerald, T. D. l976. Trail marking by larvae of the eastern tent caterpillar. Science.l94: 961-93. Fitzgerald, T. D. and Gallagher, E. M. 1976. A chemical trail factor from ...

The Eastern tent caterpillar (ETC) gained notoriety during the early 2000s when its accidental ingestion by pregnant mares was linked to Mare ...