The cocoons are particularly numerous ... for they stretch their silky structures across angles of tree forks, but the borers, which are the caterpillars of the spotted leopard moth, give much ...

It’s a large caterpillar, often found crawling on tree trunks or porch railings as it looks for a suitable place to spin its ...

When fully grown, the caterpillar will leave the tree and look for a safe place to spin their cocoons. The larvae eventually pupate and emerge as moths in late summer. Copy article link ...

The cocoons are made of the same hairs ... But if they're not a danger, leave them alone. “Oak trees support all sorts of caterpillars, and that's just a good food source, but they don't ...

With large infestations the trees can truly suffer. In late summer the caterpillars enter their dormancy in the cocoon. The reproduction of the adult male and females occur in August through ...

Cocoons are spun with a leaf wrapped around them and attached to a stem on the food plant. Providing for them is as simple as having an appropriate caterpillar food plant (tree) in your yard and ...