Picture yourself cutting a branch from the lilac bush or apple tree in your backyard, when a huge, ... (butterflies and moths) in our region that have giant green caterpillars.

The green worms don’t eat everything, but they do chew on a lot. Their favorite species are maples, oak trees, cherry trees, crab apple trees.

Cherry and apple trees are favored by the eastern tent caterpillar. Wild black cherries seem to get most of the tent caterpillars' attention, though I have seen them on crabapples and a few other ...