eastern tent caterpillar
Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius)

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1593030 Feature(s) Tent formed by eastern tent caterpillar.
5466721 Larva(e)
5466722 Feature(s) tent
5466723 Feature(s) tent
5466719 Larva(e)
5466720 Larva(e)
5461480 Adult(s) DNA iBOL LPOKB364-09
4212008 Feature(s) tent
1457028 Feature(s) Multiple tents. Photo taken in Jackson Co., WI.
4064018 Feature(s) tent
2734067 Feature(s) tent
1430008 Larva(e) feeding on leaves
2912086 Damage multiple tents
1236081 Larva(e)
1455176 Egg(s)
1304005 Larva(e)
1301037 Larva(e)
1457027 Larva(e) Single tent with caterpillars. Photo taken in Jackson, Co., WI.
1236083 Larva(e)
1430003 Larva(e) feeding on leaf
1236082 Larva(e)
5388347 Infestation Many eastern tent caterpillar species build tents which are often occupied for the entirety of the larval stage. 
1430005 Larva(e) resting on needles (caterpillars not known to use pine needles for food)
2634003 Feature(s) tent
1247160 Larva(e) Mass of larvae in web
1233209 Larva(e)
1247161 Feature(s) web
2733040 Larva(e) on tent
2133055 Larva(e) On tent. Southeast Michigan
0355029 Larva(e)
1430004 Feature(s) early tent construction by young larvae; this web is about the size of a tennis ball
1304006 Larva(e)
1627004 Life Cycle Eggs are laid in distinctive shiny masses which encircle small twigs. The caterpillars hatch just as leaves begin unfolding in the spring.
5300087 Sign Tent of eastern tent caterpillar
5402602 Larva(e)
5402601 Larva(e)
0907030 Larva(e) spin a silken tent in a tree crotch & feed from there
1561093 Feature(s) photo taken on 12 May 1993
1540473
1540470 Adult(s)
1540471 Adult(s)
1540472 Adult(s)
1540469 Adult(s)
1540468 Adult(s)
1540466 Adult(s)
1540467 Adult(s)
1540464 Adult(s)
1540465 Adult(s)
1540463 Adult(s) 13x17mm
1540462 Cocoon(s) 4/21/1978
1540461 Cocoon(s)  cocoon dust      4/17/1997
1540459 Competition
1540460 Cocoon(s)
1540458 Cocoon(s) 4/17/1997
1540457 Cocoon(s) 30mm long 4/17/1997
1540456 Cocoon(s)
1540454 Pupa(e)
1540455 Pupa(e)
1540452 Larva(e) .50mm long 4/13/1995
1540449 Larva(e) 4/9/1985
1540450 Larva(e)
1540448 Larva(e) 4/13/1997
1540446 Larva(e)
1540447 Larva(e)
1540444 Larva(e)
1540445 Larva(e)
1540443 Egg(s) 6/4/1985
1540442 Larva(e) 3/15/1985
1540441 Cocoon(s)
1540440 Pupa(e)
1540439 Adult(s)
1540438 Larva(e)
1540436 Adult(s) 3/15/1985
1540437 Adult(s)
1540435 Adult(s) 3/15/1985
1540434 Adult(s)
1540433 Adult(s) 2/27/1990
1540432 Adult(s)
1540431 Larva(e) 4/9/1985
1540430 Larva(e) 3/22/1990
1540429 Larva(e) 3/22/1990
1540428 Adult(s) 3/15/1985
1540426 Adult(s) 3/15/1985
1540427 Adult(s) 4/1/1985
1540425 Pupa(e)
1540424 Pupa(e)
1540423 Pupa(e)
1540422 Pupa(e)
1540421 Pupa(e)
1540420 Pupa(e)
1540418 Larva(e) 2/29/1990
1540417 Pupa(e)
1540416 Larva(e) 4/31/1977
1540413 Egg(s)
1540414 Egg(s) 9-11-1995
1540412 Egg(s)
1540409 Pupa(e)
1540405 Pupa(e) old masses
1540403 Adult(s)
1540400 Egg(s) egg mass of previous year
1540398 Larva(e) 3/14/1978
1540395 Larva(e) old mass
1540394 Larva(e)
1540393 Larva(e)
5369695 Egg(s)
1561094 Larva(e) photo taken on 19 May 1993
1561092 Larva(e) photo taken on 20 May 1993
1561091 Larva(e) photo taken on 20 May 1993
1561090 Larva(e) photo taken on 12 May 1993
1512056 Larva(e) Eastern tent caterpillar
1517081 Larva(e)
1517082 Larva(e)
1517083 Larva(e)
1517084 Larva(e)
1517076 Larva(e)
1517077 Larva(e)
1517078 Larva(e)
1517080 Larva(e)
2514020 Feature(s) Tent Caterpillars 'nest'. Sycamore, GA 7 April 1968
2514021 Larva(e) Tent Caterpillars. Sycamore, GA 7 April 1968
5020001 Larva(e)
5020003 Feature(s) tent
5020004 Adult(s)
5020005 Feature(s) tent
5020006 Feature(s) tent
5020007 Larva(e)
5020008 Adult(s)
2184045 Life Cycle
2184046 Feature(s) 'tent'
5038062 Larva(e)
3225054 Larva(e) and forest tent caterpillar compared, top two larvae are eastern tent and bottom is forest tent caterpillar
3225055 Larva(e) on tent
2145095 Larva(e)
1470091 Larva(e)
1470092 Egg(s)
2133054 Feature(s) Tent. Southeast Michigan
1247162 Larva(e)
1247143 Egg(s) egg mass on twig
1361059 Egg(s) Egg mass on twig
1627005 Feature(s) Their tents, always located in branch forks, get larger as the caterpillars feed and grow.
1627006 Larva(e) Full-grown caterpillars are 2-1/2 inches long with a white stripe down the back and blue spots on either side.
1304007 Feature(s)
1435084 Larva(e)
1430006 Larva(e) resting in the tent
1430007 Pupa(e) and cocoon
1430009 Adult(s)
1430001 Adult(s) female
1430002 Adult(s)
0886010 Larva(e) Early instars in tent
0886011 Larva(e) Late instar
2721035 Larva(e) nest torn open to reveal mass of larvae
1791008 Larva(e) early season leaf feeder on cherry trees, familiar tent serves as shelter between group feeding excursions
1748005 Larva(e) caterpillars in tent
0907031 Larva(e) has a white stripe down the back, while forest tent caterpillar has keyhole-shaped white spots
0488087 Larva(e)
0795039 Larva(e) tents
0795040 Larva(e)
0590060 Damage complete defoliation, note tents in crotches of tree
0590063 Egg(s) mass
0590064 Larva(e) tent in tree branches

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