order, ordering(verb) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement. Synonyms: society, social club, order of magnitude, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, order, lodge, decree, monastic order.
The browntail moth was accidently introduced into Somerville, Massachusetts from Europe in 1897. By 1913, the insect had spread to all of the New England states and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Brown-tail moth caterpillars emerging from the egg mass. Fall nests in which the caterpillars overwinter. Fernald and Kirkland (1903) found a mean of 290 caterpillars per web but up to as many as 802, showing the colonies originating from separate egg masses may fuse. Images by permission of Paul Cecil. Many species of social caterpillars are urticating, and the caterpillar of the brown-tail moth is no exception.