Forest Tent Caterpillar. Eastern Tent Caterpillar. Larvae. â¢ Hatch near time of bud break. â¢ Feed through May & June for 5-6 weeks. â1st feed on growing flower & leaf buds in host tree crown. â Next feed on foliage, usually one branch at a time. â¢ Fifth instars responsible for most of the defoliation. â¢ Gregarious in early instars.
Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another. 2  Comrade(noun) a fellow member of the Communist Party. 3  brother, comrade(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement.
Definition of mate. 1  1a (1) : associate, companion (2) chiefly British : an assistant to a more skilled worker : helper (3) chiefly British : friend, buddy âoften used as a familiar form of addressb archaic : match, peer. 2  2 : a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain.