Here Tom investigates the tent caterpillar, scourge of the homeowner. I remember my father sticking a rag doused with gasoline on a pole, and with this make-shift torch doing battle with the tents all across our rural estate in Western Massachusetts. The New England variety grew large, colorful and fierce. The Texas strain seems a bit skimpier in size and less decorative. The colonies of both types, however, can engulf an entire tree if left unchecked. To this day I have no idea what they look like in moth form, if indeed they ever see fit to grow wings.
3 comments:
First off, T BOOOOONE!
2nd off, the gypsy moth of Cape Cod, an invasive species brought over in the 1800s has been ravaging the trees hahdcoah.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/headlines/2006/03/12/goodbye_leaves_here_come_the_gypsy_moths
eh, the link don't work, google Cape Cod Gypsy Moth and you'll get some interesting tidbits.
My dad use to dump motor oil into the ground. He said it was ok and not to tell anyone.
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