Draft 3: What Effects do Tent Caterpillars have on trees?

To collect data we will/have walked around parts of campus looking for the silk tents. When a tent is located measurements of length, width,and height are made. In addition we are observing the placement of the tent in the tree, and any noticable effects such as foliage that has been damaged. We also collect a leaf from each tree a tent is located in. the leaves will help to identify the type of trees tents are found in.

Resources that we will be using to aid our project include:

1. Evolution of popular tentmaker defoliation and survival of older cottonwood plantaions -Solomon, J.D.

2. The Tent Caterpillars
- Fitzgerald, Terence D.

3. http:www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bugreview/eastententcat.html

4. http://willowncfes.umnh.edu/pa-ftc/ftc.html

5. http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/eastcatp.html

6. National Audubon Society Field Guide to the North American Insects and Spiders -Milne and Milne

7. A Guide to Field Identification Trees of North America - Brockman/Merrilees

8. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees
-Little, Elbert

AS of now we have collected data on five tents and the trees in which they are located.
We hope to collect data of a minimum of 30 tents/trees.

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