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