Gypsy Moths are destroying Michigan's hardwood forests.
Thu, 2007-04-19 17:35 — Toad
The Department of Natural Resources has begun it’s annual Gypsy Moth spraying over the forest of Michigan. Gypsy Moths have been destroying Michigan’s hardwood forests.
The Gypsy Moths were introduced to the United States in the late 1800’s in Massachusetts by an amateur entomologist named Etienne Leopold Trouvelot.
When some of the Gypsy Moths he was raising escaped into the wild. Trouvelot alerted authorities of the accidentally release however his warning went un answered.
The Gypsy Moth has been slowly spreading west ever since.
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humongous
Interesting story Toad. I had no idea they were not native. The ones around this area that we call Gypsy moths are huge! Some are larger than hummingbirds if I have the species right.
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When I travelled back East
I noticed how much damage was done by acid rain. It is such a shame to see big, beautiful trees dying.
That is a real shame, Toad. It takes so long
for a forest to recover after something like that.
A few years ago, Central Oregon was plagued by a beetle that destroyed miles and miles of pine forests and some fir trees. Today, the area is finally beginning to look a bit like a forest again, albeit a very short one. For years it reminded one of an area that had been devastated by war. I hope they have caught your problem sooner than we did ours so that spraying, or whatever is necessary can be started.
We also have gypsy moths but they really keep track of them and spray whenever the count trapped in special gypsy moth traps reaches a certain number.
Yes Jeanne
It really is a shame....
Authorities
are long since gone, but their errors are our problem, today.
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Jellen, your right
If the authorities would have acted back then this epidemic may have been avoided.