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webworm
[ web-wurm ]
noun
- the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea fall webworm or Loxostege similalis garden webworm, which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
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In nests of webworm and beaten from bushes of bayberry, Myrica cerifera, along edge of pine woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).
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Chorisoneura texensis has been found in nests of webworm in Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).
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