Aerial Spraying for Gypsy Moth
This morning I saw a helicopter flying low over the site of Penn State’s new Arboretum. Seeing the booms mounted on the aircraft meant only one thing around here – spraying for Gypsy Moth caterpillars. The helicopter was a long way off and moving away from me as it followed careful patterns to cover the forested areas of campus. The helicopter was making another pass by the Hosler Oak, a signature tree planting in the site.
Being on foot I never did catch up with the helicopter but judging from the numbers of Gypsy Moth larva I have seen this spring we may be in store for more serious defoliation. At it’s worst stages of infestation I have seen places in June and July that look like winter---not a leaf to be seen.
Being on foot I never did catch up with the helicopter but judging from the numbers of Gypsy Moth larva I have seen this spring we may be in store for more serious defoliation. At it’s worst stages of infestation I have seen places in June and July that look like winter---not a leaf to be seen.
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There were millions of them falling like rain from the trees. And when the little buggers land on you while you're walking a path or trail, they bite.
chuck: Like so many things it is never black and white...