tent caterpillar

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tent caterpillar

Any of several destructive caterpillars of the family Lasiocampidae, especially of the genus Malacosoma, whose colonies construct silken tentlike webs in the branches of trees.

tent caterpillar

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the larva of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp Malacosoma americana of North America, which build communal webs in trees

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tent caterpillar - the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees

genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma - tent caterpillars

forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria - larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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