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THE VALUE OF HAND CONTROL FOR THE TENT CATERPILLARS, MALACOSOMA AMERICANA FABR. AND MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA HBN. (LASIOCAMPIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Harvey L. Sweetman
Harvey L. Sweetman
Affiliation:
Amherst, Massachusetts
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The eastern and forest tent caterpillars are native insects and have been recognized as pests of forest trees and shrubs since colonization of thi country by the early settlers (Swaine, 1913; Baird, 1917; Baerg, 1935; Wadley, 1938). The eastern tent caterpillar becomes conspicuous in the spring about the time the leaves of wild cherry appear and thereafter for about a month.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 72 , Issue 12 , December 1940 , pp. 245 - 250
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1940

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