Food for caterpillars, food for birds: Cherry trees and Eastern tent caterpillars, <i>Malacosoma americanum</i> — Bug of the Week
![Small eggar moth caterpillars, Eriogaster lanestris, and the communal tent they build from silk in a hedgerow. They spend most of their lives before p Stock Photo - Alamy Small eggar moth caterpillars, Eriogaster lanestris, and the communal tent they build from silk in a hedgerow. They spend most of their lives before p Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P85104/small-eggar-moth-caterpillars-eriogaster-lanestris-and-the-communal-tent-they-build-from-silk-in-a-hedgerow-they-spend-most-of-their-lives-before-p-P85104.jpg)
Small eggar moth caterpillars, Eriogaster lanestris, and the communal tent they build from silk in a hedgerow. They spend most of their lives before p Stock Photo - Alamy
Comparison of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Forest Tent Caterpillar, and Gypsy Moth (E2299) - MSU Extension
![Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793) | Butterflies and Moths of North America Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793) | Butterflies and Moths of North America](https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/bamona_images/6-30-20_721.jpg)
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius, 1793) | Butterflies and Moths of North America
Invasive Species Centre - We don't know why this species is so social but we know that there are a lot of them. Tent caterpillars are native to North America and pose
![File:- 7701 – Malacosoma americana – Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (18204450679).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:- 7701 – Malacosoma americana – Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (18204450679).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/-_7701_%E2%80%93_Malacosoma_americana_%E2%80%93_Eastern_Tent_Caterpillar_Moth_%2818204450679%29.jpg)
File:- 7701 – Malacosoma americana – Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (18204450679).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820 | Butterflies and Moths of North America Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820 | Butterflies and Moths of North America](https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/forest-tent19375m2.jpg)