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black caterpillar with light stripe (Eastern tent caterpillar)

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Eastern tent caterpillar
by: Moni

Wynter
Lin is correct it is a tent caterpillar.
Your photo is of the Eastern tent caterpillar.
The larvae feed on leaves of many trees and shrubs especially those of the rose family such as apple, cherry, and crabapple.
Females deposit egg masses on twigs where they overwinter.
Tents appear in early spring, and caterpillars are seen until early summer at which time the caterpillars head off on their own and pupate. Moths fly from late May to June.

Here are some photos of caterpillars and the moths they turn into.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/558/bgimage


Tent Caterpillar
by: Lin

He/she looks like a tent caterpillar.

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