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The life cycle of the moth begins in early summer when the female lays egg masses, 75 to 1,000 eggs at a time, usually in well concealed spots — under loose bark, in fissures of bark, under rocks. Eggs hatch as larvae in mid to late April of the following year, at about the same time as hardwood trees begin to bud.
The newly hatched caterpillars, hairy and blackish and measuring about l/16th of an inch long, climb to the tops of trees, drop on silken threads and are carried by the wind for distances ranging from tens of yards to miles.
Following dispersal, the larvae molt and begin feeding, riddling leaves with tiny holes. Grown now to about a half-inch long and predominantly black with orange markings down their back, the caterpillars
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