These insects are pretty much a no-show this season, likely due to higher populations this season of the “3 p’s”: pathogens, predators, and parasitoids, which keep fall webworm populations in check ...
My research interests concern the behavioral and chemical ecology of social caterpillars. Much of my work has involved tent caterpillars but more recently I have been studying social species occurring ...
There are other caterpillars that feed on foliage of trees such as tent caterpillars and fall webworm caterpillars. If trees are mature and healthy, then they can handle populations of defoliating ...