Differential Use of Pin and Black Cherry by the Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum Fab. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Jonathan K. Waage ◽  
Joy M. Bergelson
Keyword(s):  
Black Cherry ◽  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Identification and behavioral assays of the trail pheromone of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
pp. 1511-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Fitzgerald ◽  
F. X. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Trail Pheromone ◽  
Malacosoma Disstria ◽  
Forest Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
True Threshold ◽  
Behavioral Assays ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Behavioral assays show that the steroid 5β-cholestan-3-one, isolated from the abdomen of the larva of the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), constitutes the chemical basis of trail following in this insect. Caterpillars follow artificial trails prepared from solvent dilutions of the compound at rates as low as 10−11 g∙mm−11 of trail, though the true threshold sensitivity is likely to be one or two orders of magnitude lower than this. Fourth-instar caterpillars store an average of 58 ng of the pheromone. Field and laboratory studies indicate that the compound is fully competitive with their authentic trails. The caterpillars are highly sensitive to differences in the concentration of the pheromone, preferring stronger trails to weaker trails. The caterpillars also respond to 5β-cholestane-3,24-dione, a chemical not found in M. disstria but known to be a component of the trail pheromone of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum.

Age-Specific Host Utilization in the Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. K. Rieske
Keyword(s):  
Black Locust ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Black Cherry ◽  
White Pine ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Conium Maculatum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Larval growth and survival of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americana F., was assessed on its preferred host, black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrhart), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), hackberry (Celtis occidentalis L.), white oak (Quercus alba L.), and white pine (Pinus strobus L.), and on the herbaceous biennial poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.). Larvae grew largest and had the greatest pupation and survival rates when fed black cherry and white oak. They did not grow well on black locust or white pine, but survival rates were relatively high, suggesting that both plant species could potentially serve to sustain tent caterpillar populations. Growth and survival was so low on hackberry and poison hemlock that they pose little chance of sustaining outbreaking caterpillar populations.

Nutrient content of four rosaceous hosts and their effects on development and fecundity of the eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 2868-2872 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Segarra-Carmona ◽  
P. Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Pupal Weight ◽  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Developmental Parameters ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum (Fab.), larvae reared on four rosaceous hosts differed in development time and survival under laboratory conditions. Fecundity and pupal weight were also affected by diet. Levels of nitrogen, carbohydrates, and fatty acids in host foliage as well as water content and caloric values were determined. No direct relationship was found between nutrient or caloric levels and developmental parameters.

Daily foraging schedule of field colonies of the eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma americanum

Oecologia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Fitzgerald ◽  
Tim Casey ◽  
Barbara Joos
Keyword(s):  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

Reactions of Larvae of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum (F.), and of the Spotless Fall Webworm, Hyphantria textor Harr., to Pentatomid Predators

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Sullivan ◽  
G. W. Green
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
Malacosoma Americanum ◽  
Eastern Tent Caterpillar ◽  
Fall Webworm ◽  
Tent Caterpillar

During recent field studies of the behaviour and activiw of larvae in colonies of M. americanum and H. textor, it was noticed that nymphs and adults of Podisus placidus (Uhler) and of P. modestus (Dallas) frequently visited colonies of the eastern tent caterpillar and occasionally those of the spotless fall webworm. Although small larvae, particularly those of the tent caterpillar, fell prey to both nymphs and adults, larvae of the fifth and sixth instars occasionally exhibited special reactions.

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