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FURTHER DATA ON THE VALUE OF HAND CONTROL OF THE TENT CATERPILLAR, MALACOSOMA AMERICANA FABR. (LEPIDOPTERA, LASIOCAMPIDAE)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Harvey L. Sweetman
Harvey L. Sweetman
Affiliation:
Amherst, Massachusetts
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The use of mechanical methods in control of the eastern tent caterpillar was emphasized in an earlier paper (Sweetman, 1940). That report which covered the five-year period 1936-1940 is now brought up through the season of 1945. The site has changed little since 1940 except for the annual increment of plant growth. The wild cherries are more numerous, and the older trees are much taller. The variation in abundance of tents each year follows that of the surrounding area showing that migration into the grounds occurs continually.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 77 , Issue 11 , November 1945 , pp. 202 - 203
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1945

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LITERATURE CITED

Sweetman, Harvey L. 1940. The value of hand control for the tent caterpillars, Malacosoma americana Fabr. and Malacosoma disstria Hbn. (Lasiocampidae, Lepidoptera). Can. Ent. 72: 245–50.CrossRefGoogle Scholar