Talk:Eastern tent caterpillar

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This page is copied from the reference cited... [1]. Should it be reverted to the old version? SB Johnny 11:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think so. I've reverted it. Thanks for pointing that out. --Allen 15:38, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the text at Social Caterpillars is copied from the same site. And the same user (User:Medetera) also added the text of Tent caterpillar, although in that case I can't find where it might have been copied from. I have left a note on Medetera's user talk page, asking about this. Perhaps Medetera is Terrence Fitzgerald, or perhaps Medetera has reason to think that we have permission to use this text. If Medetera doesn't respond there, we should probably write Professor Fitzgerald (email: [2]) and ask him about it. --Allen 16:39, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely. Both pages are copy-pastes from that site, and if it isn't the professor, he should be notified. If it is, perhaps he should put something on his site noting that it's free for use on wiki? SB Johnny 17:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found this article very well-written and the species itself fascinating. A relatively simple edit to improve the page would be a "Distribution" section to show where the species is most commonly found. A color-coded map could also be helpful for visualization. A section dedicated to mating behavior could also offer insight into what features are selected for in mates. The "Social Behavior" category mentions that females die soon after mating and oviposition, so specific details on why that behavior evolved could be included in the mating category.Catejiang (talk) 04:49, 14 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I was looking at this page, and in my area (DC/Maryland) these caterpillars are refered to as bagworms, however, allready an article on "True" bagworms. Took me forever to find out they are called tent caterpillars. If no one has an objection, I'm going to add a note about this, as "bagworms" is the only term I've ever heard. RickO5 23:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I returned this page to its most developed version. There is no copyright violation here as I wrote all of the original text... the confusion arises because I used the alias Medetera. I recently requested that this user name be changed to my name T. Fitzgerald. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.123.137.34 (talk • contribs)

This last comment is from an IP address owned by SUNY Cortland, where Professor Fitzgerald works. I'm satisfied that User:Medetera really is Prof. Fitzgerald. If any more confusion arises, I'll write Fitzgerald directly to make sure it's really him... but I don't want to bug him unnecessarily; he's the one doing us a favor here. In the meantime, I'll revert to Medetera/Fitzgerald's much more detailed version of the article. Professor Fitzgerald: assuming there's no weird conspiracy to impersonate you, thanks for your contributions! --Allen 03:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stemonitis, you reverted back to the shorter version, saying it was a better article. Could you explain why you feel this way? Fitzgerald's version references a published source, and seems to contain a lot more information. --Allen 17:33, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have attempted to integrate material from the earlier version at the beginning and end of a more comprehensive article. In the process, I removed some material that was in error: the host range of the tent caterpillar does not include trees in most of the genera listed at the end of the earlier version (see Fitzgerald 1995 pp. 113-114 for host range of all species of tent caterpillars). Also, the ETC is rarely, if ever, a significant pest of commerical orchards. --Medetera 02:12, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images of Caterpillar Tent

We already have a few images, so I'm not sure if posting these on the main page will be an improvement.

Tent from afar.
Tent up close.

Should we insert one or both of these somehow? Tevonic (talk) 17:41, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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It says that the CooCoo bird is the only one that finds these palpable? We used to have hundreds of these back in the day but we bought some free roaming chickens and I havn't seen a bagworm since. Just thought that you may want to know that chickens eat the hell out of them.

Spread?

From where to where, in the north and south, is this moth found? Has it spread (e.g. by globalisation) to other continents? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.91.18.203 (talk) 08:09, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to know that, too. Even in 2022 there's nothing to find about in the article. --Kai.pedia (talk) 10:48, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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