Ohio Invasive Species Public Service Announcement Gypsy moth
Five Facts abought the Gypsy Moth
1.In 1969 the gypsy moth escaped during a failed attempt to mate it with a a silk worm which caused the invasion and led to many disasters because of the gypsy moth.
2.The gypsy moth was first detected in 1914 and eradicated from the suburbs of Ohio near Cleveland because they destroyed the surrounding forest area.
3.The gypsy moths degraded the forests of Ohio making the property value go down of houses and farms.
4.They also created economic losses in the companies in Ohio because of their invasive habits.
5.The gypsy moth caterpillars can eat away the bark and the leaves of the trees and eat the fabric of clothes when adult.
These are pictures of the gypsy moth as a caterpillar and as a moth and one is the nest of the gypsy moth caterpillars.
Tips and advice on how to deal with to gypsy moths.
1.There is a fungus that kills the moth larva it is called emtomophaga miamaiga.
2.also when people started mass trapping and killing the moth and that helps too.
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