At times the epidemics reach statewide proportions. The buildup of natural control factors eventually reduces tent caterpillar populations to a low ebb, but in the meantime serious defoliation of many ...

37, No. 1, Mar., 1929 Studies on Chemical Changes during the L... Studies on Chemical Changes during the Life Cycle of the Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma Americana Fab.) IV. Glycogen This is the ...

but it’s too soon to know if it signals a downturn in the caterpillar population cycle, or was a fluke in the small sample size.” The forest tent caterpillar is a native defoliator of a wide ...