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• n  larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

• Malacosoma disstria

News & Articles

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• DNR: Next Year Could be Bad Forest Tent Caterpillar Outbreak
  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says next year will likely be a bad one for a native insect that does damage to our trees. The forest tent caterpillar is a small, hairy insect. They emerge in late spring, and start eating, and they don't stop...
  Jan. 14, 2014 - 5 Eyewitness News St. Paul
• 2014 may see major outbreak of the ravenous pest: forest tent caterpillar
  Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - While we've been able to more or less avoid it for the past decade, 2014 and 2015 may be peak years for the insatiable deforester known as the forest tent caterpillar.
  Jan. 12, 2014 - Northland's News Center