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tent caterpillar

DEFINITIONS OF: tent caterpillar

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n the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees

Types:
Malacosoma disstria, forest tent caterpillar
larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
Type of:
caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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