Western tent caterpillars spend the winter in egg masses that are securely attached to host trees.

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Western tent caterpillars spend the winter in egg masses that are securely attached to host trees. Not long after bud break, the caterpillars emerge, move to crutches of branches and begin to create a mass of dense silk.

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Location: Workman Creek, AZ.
Photo credit: © Morey Milbradt / Alamy / Afripics
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