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Tent caterpillar

Lasiocampidae

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Field Notes

Description:

A group of caterpillar that spins a large nest or silk tent. They crawl out of the tent to feed and return to warm themselves and digest their food.

Habitat:

They live in a tent spun of silk like threds built in tree branches. They leave the tent to feed on the foliage of the tree.

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Tent caterpillar

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PublishedSeptember 24, 2013

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