Eastern tent caterpillars are NOT poisonous, they are only dangerous to the mare reproductive system of horses but they do cause heavy damage to trees---so watch out for these hungry pests!
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when the tent caterpillars turn into moths the eastern have a white stripe and the western have a yellow stripe
They are usually referred to as Forest Tent Caterpillar Moths (Malacosoma disstria).
The eastern tent caterpillars have six legs like the adult butterfly or moth. The eastern tent caterpillar gets it name from the large cocoon the colony spins in a crook of a tree.
6 to 8 weeks depending on its environment.
They originate from Eurasia. (eastern europe/ western asia)
They will get all the water they need from the leaves they eat.
No snakes do no teat caterpillars. They eat mice,rats,bunnys, and other animals like that.
Sharon Collman has written: 'Biology and control of tent caterpillars' -- subject(s): Tent caterpillars