WEBWORMS
Noun
webworms
plural of webworm
Source: Wiktionary
WEBWORM
Web"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvæ eat
the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat
when not feeding.
Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family Bombycidæ,
as the fall webworm (Hyphantria textor), which feeds on various fruit
and forest trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on
various fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under Tent.) The grapevine
webworm is the larva of a geometrid moth (see Vine inchworm, under
Vine).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition