Definition of quest for Students. 1  1 : an effort to find or do something a quest for answers. 2  2 : a usually adventurous journey made in search of something a quest for lost treasure.
Tree caterpillar nests look like silken bags hanging in branches. You can either remove each nest by cutting the silken string at its top and then dropping the entire nest in soapy water or tear the nest open with a stick and let birds prey on the caterpillars inside. The pests feed during the day when the sun shines.
They leave the tent during the day to feed and return to it at night. As the caterpillars eat and grow larger, the tent grows larger also. It can get to be about two feet long. Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moths especially prefer Black Cherry as a host plant (food plant for caterpillars).Other common host plants include trees and shrubs in the Roseaceae family, such as hawthorns.he eggs overwinter and hatch the following Spring. When the larvae (caterpillars) hatch, they are small. They immediately climb up the tree to a crotch of branches and build a silk tent. Eastern Tent Caterpillars use the tent for protection.