'Tis the season for caterpillar overreaction. Before we get to the protagonist of this column, a quick note on caterpillar abundance. Suffice to say, caterpillars are everywhere. Caterpillars are the ...

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 caterpillars are a native species that create noticeable silken nests in trees, primarily black cherry trees. While they may cause temporary defoliation, they do not kill trees and serve ...

Tent caterpillars have been showing up everywhere, with large webs this spring in and around Chester County. Are they dangerous at all, or just unsightly? How do you remove them? Coordinator of Master ...

The tree in my yard has webbing in some of the branches, and I think I see caterpillars. What should I do? — K.W. The webs you are describing are probably the webs of tent caterpillars. Tent ...

Planning a June outdoor wedding in northern Minnesota? Yeah, you might want to rethink that. The cyclical invasion of forest tent caterpillars, which has mostly avoided northern Minnesota for the past ...