Have you ever been surprised by large bare patches of dead foliage on your evergreens? If you look closely you might see pendants of dead foliage hanging from the dead twigs. Wait, they’re moving! You ...

Two species of tent caterpillars are important tree pests in New York State. About every decade they become numerous enough in local outbreaks to cause concern. At times the epidemics reach statewide ...

Eastern tent caterpillar egg masses usually hatch in late April, and web-like tents can be seen in tree branches. Tent caterpillars aren't anything new to the area. As a native insect pest, its ...

Every other Friday on Morning Edition NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown tracks down answers to questions about the environment and outdoors for our listeners in a segment we call “Ask Sam.” Donna from Campton ...

The time is right for horse farms to implement control strategies. University of Kentucky experts report that eastern tent caterpillars and forest tent caterpillars are developing normally this spring ...

Cliff Sadof, who studies insect problems in ornamental shrubs and trees, said the caterpillars generally don't pose a threat to tree health, they're just a nuisance to homeowners. However, they do eat ...

Thoroughbred horse farms warned about tent caterpillar dangers Louisville tree- and yard- service business charts really early warm-up Mosquitoes need 10 days above 45 degrees to start breeding, but ...

There are two species of tent caterpillars native to New York State: Eastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum) and forest tent caterpillars (Malacosoma disstria). The eastern tent caterpillar ...

The sight of dozens of caterpillars wriggling and squirming inside of what looks like a spider web tent in a crotch of the branches is gross, no doubt, but the critters are more unsightly than harmful ...

Heading up to mid-Michigan last month, we noticed that some of the state’s most unwelcome residents were out in force: forest tent caterpillars. The little creepy crawly critters, when gathered in a ...

(THE COURIER-JOURNAL) -- It's a bug's life out there right now, whether we like it or not. Mosquitoes, ticks and tent caterpillars are starting to stir, even though it's only the third week of ...