SeeYouKnowThis My Plants

← Back

Forest Tent Caterpillar

(c) Royal Tyler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Royal Tyler

Forest Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria

Insect View on iNaturalist

Plants that support Forest Tent Caterpillar

Sun Exposure

Full Sun Part Shade Full Shade

Water

Drought Low Moderate Regular

Size

Groundcover Small Medium Large Tree

Garden Style

Meadow Woodland Drought Container

Plant Traits

Deer resistant Container friendly Fragrant Prized for flowers Bay Area natives only Show unavailable plants

2 plants

Balsam Poplar

Balsam Poplar

Populus trichocarpa

tree

Larval Host

Bay Area native Keystone species

Coyote Willow

Coyote Willow

Salix exigua var. hindsiana

tree

Larval Host

Bay Area native Keystone species

Data from iNaturalist, GloBI, and local nursery inventories

Contact · Buy me a coffee