Tent Caterpillars, Malacosoma spp. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Tent Caterpillars

Encyclopedia of Entomology ◽

10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_2387 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 3731-3731

Author(s):

James E. O’Hara ◽

Igor UsUpensky ◽

N. J. Bostanian ◽

John L. Capinera ◽

Reg Chapman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tent Caterpillars

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Warming affects hatching time and early season survival of eastern tent caterpillars

Oecologia ◽

10.1007/s00442-015-3371-x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 179 (3) ◽

pp. 901-912 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Mariana Abarca ◽

John T. Lill

Keyword(s):

Early Season ◽

Hatching Time ◽

Tent Caterpillars

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The Light Reactions of Larvae of the Tent Caterpillars, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., M. americanum (Fab.), and M. pluviale (Dyar). (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent85297-8 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 85 (8) ◽

pp. 297-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

C. R. Sullivan ◽

W. G. Wellington

Keyword(s):

Physical Environment ◽

Malacosoma Disstria ◽

General Interest ◽

Deciduous Trees ◽

Physical Factors ◽

Forest Tent Caterpillar ◽

Field Observations ◽

Larval Behaviour ◽

Tent Caterpillars ◽

Tent Caterpillar

The forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., and the eastern and western tent caterpillars, M. americanum (Fab.) and M. pluviale (Dyar), are common pests of several species of deciduous trees in Canada. All are colonial during the larval stage, but M. disstria differs from the others in one respect: it does not construct a communal tent. This difference in habit merits special consideration in any comparative study of larval behaviour, particularly in one concerned with the effects of physical factors upon the insects, since a tent modifies the effects of the physical environment considerably. Recently, a series of such studies was carried out, and one part of the work consisted of laboratory and field observations on the light reactions of larvae. The results obtained have raised a number of new questions which unfortunately cannot be answered now, hecause two of the species have been difficult to obtain in quantity since 1950. Nevertheless, the findings are presented here without additional delay, since they are of general interest, and other workers may wish to use them.

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