New Quebec road hazard? The slippery, fuzzy tent caterpillar
Forest tent caterpillars are infesting areas across the province this year, from Abitibi-Temiscamingue to Saguenay. Stretches of highway have become the insects' latest target.
![New Quebec road hazard? The slippery, fuzzy tent caterpillar](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7228759.1717795120!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/car-crash-caterpillars.jpg)
![Marie-Ève Carreau slid off the road near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., after driving over a patch of caterpillars. A car is dented and its doors open as it lays in a ditch](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7228759.1717795120!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/car-crash-caterpillars.jpg)
Forest tent caterpillars are infesting areas across the province this year, from Abitibi-Temiscamingue to Saguenay. Stretches of highway have become the insects' latest target.