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Eastern tent caterpillars hatch in early spring.
This spring, something pitched a tent in my crabapple tree. It’s a small, webby tent full of tiny wiggly things called – you guessed it – tent caterpillars, specifically eastern tent caterpillars. Eastern tent caterpillars live in, well, the east, and they’re the larvae of something imaginatively named – get ready for it – the eastern tent caterpillar moth. They prefer fruit trees such as cherry, apple, and crabapple, although they’ll show up in other trees as well.
Eastern tent caterpillars are one of the earliest critters to start wiggling in spring, and they can be anything from a novelty to a downright nuisance. Here’s what you need to know if eastern tent caterpillars pay you a visit this year.