tent caterpillar

Noun
  1. The larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees (synset 102309977)
    is a type of: caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
    subtypes: forest tent caterpillar, malacosoma disstria - larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
    belongs to: genus malacosoma, malacosoma - tent caterpillars

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