21. The various tent caterpillars only have one generation. 22. Q . Last spring, in late April, I started noticing tent caterpillar cocoons on my trees. 23. Tent caterpillars can be controlled at several stages.24. Studies have shown that eastern tent caterpillars recruit their tent mates to go on food finds. 25. Inspect small branches on deciduous trees, and prune out any with shiny bands of tent caterpillar eggs. 26. The tent caterpillars are now in their protective cocoons, from which they will eventually re-emerge as moths. 27. They've come up with several theories, including environmentally spawned grass toxins, cherry trees and Eastern tent caterpillars . 28. The forest tent caterpillar moth is nocturnal, taking flight soon after nightfall and returning to rest before dawn. 29. In tent caterpillars , the eggs are deposited in masses and covered with a material that hardens in air. 30. Tent caterpillars often produce webs where limbs join the trunk, and the larvae crawl out and eat the leaves.
