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Tent caterpillar   /tɛnt kˈætəpˌɪlər/   Listen
Tent caterpillar

noun
1.
The larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees.



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"Tent caterpillar" Quotes from Famous Books



... In the South there are two complete generations. When the larvae have exhausted their food supply, they extend their nest by taking in fresh leaves, but always feed inside the nest, differing in this respect from the tent caterpillar which makes its nests here in May. When fully grown the caterpillars are about one and one-fourth inches long, with brown bodies covered with light brown hairs, and may be seen crawling about seeking a place to pupate. They soon go into the ground where they transform, the ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various



Words linked to "Tent caterpillar" :   Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma, genus Malacosoma, caterpillar



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