webworm

webworm
    n 1: several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage
         on which they feed
    

Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
   tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tent} a roll
   of lint.]
   1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
      or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
      used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
      soldiers in camp.
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            Within his tent, large as is a barn.  --Chaucer.
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   2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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   {Tent bed}, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
      canopy.

   {Tent caterpillar} (Zool.), any one of several species of
      gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
      silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
      the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
      common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
      ({Clisiocampa Americana}). Called also {lackery
      caterpillar}, and {webworm}.
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Webworm \Web"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae
   eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which
   they retreat when not feeding.
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   Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family
         {Bombycidae}, as the fall webworm ({Hyphantria
         textor}), which feeds on various fruit and forest
         trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on
         various fruit trees (see {Tent caterpillar}, under
         {Tent}.) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a
         geometrid moth (see {Vine inchworm}, under {Vine}).
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