Tent Caterpillars
Tent Caterpillars

Author: Barbara M. Linde

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1482410591

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After the tent caterpillar hatches from its egg, it's hungry for leaves. It may emerge with 350 other caterpillars, so a ravenous colony can mean big trouble for a tree. Tent caterpillars are named for the silky, tent-like homes they weave. Their tents function as shelters from the elements as well as predators in the weeks before the caterpillars turn into moths. This book discusses the tent caterpillar life cycle, damaging habits, and habitats as well as how people try to fight them to save their trees.

The Tent Caterpillars
The Tent Caterpillars

Author: Terrence D. Fitzgerald

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-06-07

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1501734571

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Synthesizing some 150 years of research, this is the only book to cover the biology and behavioral ecology of tent caterpillars. Terence D. Fitzgerald discusses the systematics, distribution, and host range of North American and Eurasian species of tent caterpillars. He then considers the anatomy and physiology of the egg, larva, pupa, and adult, with particular emphasis on sensory physiology, silk production, reproductive behavior, overwintering adaptations, and the energetics of adult and larva locomotion.