eastern tent caterpillar
Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius)
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| Taxonomic Rank: Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Lepidoptera > Lasiocampidae > Malacosoma |
| Category: Insects: Foliage Feeding Insects |
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| Image | Descriptor | Description |
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| 0355029 | Larva(e) | |
| 0488087 | Larva(e) | |
| 0590060 | Damage | complete defoliation, note tents in crotches of tree |
| 0590063 | Egg(s) | mass |
| 0590064 | Larva(e) | tent in tree branches |
| 0795039 | Larva(e) | tents |
| 0795040 | Larva(e) | |
| 0886010 | Larva(e) | Early instars in tent |
| 0886011 | Larva(e) | Late instar |
| 0907030 | Larva(e) | spin a silken tent in a tree crotch & feed from there |
| 0907031 | Larva(e) | has a white stripe down the back, while forest tent caterpillar has keyhole-shaped white spots |
| 1233209 | Larva(e) | |
| 1236081 | Larva(e) | |
| 1236082 | Larva(e) | |
| 1236083 | Larva(e) | |
| 1247143 | Egg(s) | egg mass on twig |
| 1247160 | Larva(e) | Mass of larvae in web |
| 1247161 | Feature(s) | web |
| 1247162 | Larva(e) | |
| 1301037 | Larva(e) | |
| 1304005 | Larva(e) | |
| 1304006 | Larva(e) | |
| 1304007 | Feature(s) | |
| 1361059 | Egg(s) | Egg mass on twig |
| 1430001 | Adult(s) | female |
| 1430002 | Adult(s) | |
| 1430003 | Larva(e) | feeding on leaf |
| 1430004 | Feature(s) | early tent construction by young larvae; this web is about the size of a tennis ball |
| 1430005 | Larva(e) | resting on needles (caterpillars not known to use pine needles for food) |
| 1430006 | Larva(e) | resting in the tent |
| 1430007 | Pupa(e) | and cocoon |
| 1430008 | Larva(e) | feeding on leaves |
| 1430009 | Adult(s) | |
| 1435084 | Larva(e) | |
| 1455176 | Egg(s) | |
| 1457027 | Larva(e) | Single tent with caterpillars. Photo taken in Jackson, Co., WI. |
| 1457028 | Feature(s) | Multiple tents. Photo taken in Jackson Co., WI. |
| 1470091 | Larva(e) | |
| 1470092 | Egg(s) | |
| 1512056 | Larva(e) | Eastern tent caterpillar |
| 1517076 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517077 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517078 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517080 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517081 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517082 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517083 | Larva(e) | |
| 1517084 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540393 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540394 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540395 | Larva(e) | old mass |
| 1540398 | Larva(e) | 3/14/1978 |
| 1540400 | Egg(s) | egg mass of previous year |
| 1540403 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540405 | Pupa(e) | old masses |
| 1540409 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540412 | Egg(s) | |
| 1540413 | Egg(s) | |
| 1540414 | Egg(s) | 9-11-1995 |
| 1540416 | Larva(e) | 4/31/1977 |
| 1540417 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540418 | Larva(e) | 2/29/1990 |
| 1540420 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540421 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540422 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540423 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540424 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540425 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540426 | Adult(s) | 3/15/1985 |
| 1540427 | Adult(s) | 4/1/1985 |
| 1540428 | Adult(s) | 3/15/1985 |
| 1540429 | Larva(e) | 3/22/1990 |
| 1540430 | Larva(e) | 3/22/1990 |
| 1540431 | Larva(e) | 4/9/1985 |
| 1540432 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540433 | Adult(s) | 2/27/1990 |
| 1540434 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540435 | Adult(s) | 3/15/1985 |
| 1540436 | Adult(s) | 3/15/1985 |
| 1540437 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540438 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540439 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540440 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540441 | Cocoon(s) | |
| 1540442 | Larva(e) | 3/15/1985 |
| 1540443 | Egg(s) | 6/4/1985 |
| 1540444 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540445 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540446 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540447 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540448 | Larva(e) | 4/13/1997 |
| 1540449 | Larva(e) | 4/9/1985 |
| 1540450 | Larva(e) | |
| 1540452 | Larva(e) | .50mm long 4/13/1995 |
| 1540454 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540455 | Pupa(e) | |
| 1540456 | Cocoon(s) | |
| 1540457 | Cocoon(s) | 30mm long 4/17/1997 |
| 1540458 | Cocoon(s) | 4/17/1997 |
| 1540459 | Competition | |
| 1540460 | Cocoon(s) | |
| 1540461 | Cocoon(s) | cocoon dust 4/17/1997 |
| 1540462 | Cocoon(s) | 4/21/1978 |
| 1540463 | Adult(s) | 13x17mm |
| 1540464 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540465 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540466 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540467 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540468 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540469 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540470 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540471 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540472 | Adult(s) | |
| 1540473 | ||
| 1561090 | Larva(e) | photo taken on 12 May 1993 |
| 1561091 | Larva(e) | photo taken on 20 May 1993 |
| 1561092 | Larva(e) | photo taken on 20 May 1993 |
| 1561093 | Feature(s) | photo taken on 12 May 1993 |
| 1561094 | Larva(e) | photo taken on 19 May 1993 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1748005 | Larva(e) | caterpillars in tent |
| 1791008 | Larva(e) | early season leaf feeder on cherry trees, familiar tent serves as shelter between group feeding excursions |
| 2133054 | Feature(s) | Tent. Southeast Michigan |
| 2133055 | Larva(e) | On tent. Southeast Michigan |
| 2145095 | Larva(e) | |
| 2184045 | Life Cycle | |
| 2184046 | Feature(s) | 'tent' |
| 2514020 | Feature(s) | Tent Caterpillars 'nest'. Sycamore, GA 7 April 1968 |
| 2514021 | Larva(e) | Tent Caterpillars. Sycamore, GA 7 April 1968 |
| 2634003 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 2721035 | Larva(e) | nest torn open to reveal mass of larvae |
| 2733040 | Larva(e) | on tent |
| 2734067 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 2912086 | Damage | multiple tents |
| 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 |
| 4064018 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 4212008 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 5020001 | Larva(e) | |
| 5020003 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 5020004 | Adult(s) | |
| 5020005 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 5020006 | Feature(s) | tent |
| 5020007 | Larva(e) | |
| 5020008 | Adult(s) | |
| 5038062 | Larva(e) | |
| 5369695 | Egg(s) |
