Hi! there is a forest tent caterpillar in my house, it's already spun it's little cocoon thing, and it's been like that for about nine, ten day. now, i was looking on the internet and i discovered that no website says the same thing about when they become moths. some sites say 2 weeks, some say 3 weeks, one say 10 day, and another said two months! does anyone have an accurate time in which it might come out of the cocoon? thanks :)
2007-06-19 11:18:51 · 4 answers · asked by Chrissy B 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The duration of pupation in a lot of species is rather variable, depending on environmental conditions. A well fed, healthy forest tent caterpillar in warm, dry weather might take only two weeks, but if it is cold and rainy, and the caterpillar didn't get sufficient food to fuel the transformation, it could take several weeks.
In a nice, stable environment like inside a house, I suspect that it would be closer to the ideal - about two weeks or so.
2007-06-19 12:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have an exact answer, but, I manage the insects and disease in a large greenhouse range. In my setting heat and sunlight play an important part in how fast my bad insects hatch and in relation to my beneficial insects. It can be any were from hours to a week or more depending on heat and light.
I think that is why no one has an exact answer.
My best idea is to log onto any fine Almost New England University for tent Caterpillar info. Cornell, UConn. UMass Amherst. and UVermont. OH yeah UNH. They have actual records of expected hatch dates in the area.
2007-06-19 11:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by bugsie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i does no longer nurture a defense force computer virus (wooded area tent caterpillar). they arrive in droves and then reason a moth issue. depart them to how nature handles them. the position I stay, we get a enormous issue once each 7-10 years. they are so thick that the roads get darkish and slippery and depart the timber bare of leaves. some human beings even prepare vaseline to the bottom of their houses and timber with a purpose to't climb. to respond to the question, convinced, the caterpillar gorges on leaves, in an just about scary way. fortuitously, they frequently do not kill any timber.
2016-10-18 23:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Find out and you will be one of those people who know!
2007-06-19 11:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by AvesPro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋