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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: help! gypsy moths invade italy!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.190733.2973@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- References: <1992Sep10.195059.3993@cs.cornell.edu> <robison1.716160014@husc10> <1992Sep10.223440.1493@rdg.dec.com> <1992Sep11.214548.13022@pixel.kodak.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:07:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep11.214548.13022@pixel.kodak.com>,
- young@serum.kodak.com writes:
-
- [regarding predators of gypsy moths in North America]
- |>
- |> There's some sort of fungal or yeast infection that does a job on the
- |> caterpillars, too. I seem to recall that an outbreak of it shortened
- |> an expected "boom" cycle in the Northeast recently.
-
- That's right. The last major boom, about 10 years ago, was quite spectacular.
- Lots of defoliation, caterpillars everywhere. The next year started out
- even worse. The sides of some houses were literally crawling with
- caterpillars. Then the fungus infection started. Within a few weeks, nearly
- all of the caterpillars had died of it. There were hardly any gypsy moths at
- all the next year. A boomlet a few years back was cut short by this disease,
- too.
-
- --PSW
-