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 ...

Western tent caterpillars might not be on your mind every year, but during their peak outbreaks, they’re impossible to ignore—hairy larvae wriggling across roads and swarms of caterpillars climbing ...

Tent caterpillar season is here and millions of the fuzzy creatures are emerging from their silky cocoons to feast on the foliage of trees. They’re in backyards and on fences and sidewalks and ...

Western tent caterpillars might not be on your mind every year, but during their peak outbreaks, they’re impossible to ignore—hairy larvae wriggling across roads and swarms of caterpillars climbing ...

GRAND FORKS - Forest tent caterpillars have been making the news this spring as the creepy-crawly leaf munchers chew their way across parts of Minnesota, but the northwest part of the state appears to ...