As daylight hours lengthen and temperatures begin to warm, you might notice something fluttering in the tops of the still-bare trees around Maine. It’s the silvery, silky nests of the brown tail moth ...
ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting brown-tail moth surveys across their campus. Working in teams, they’re monitoring an increase in the moth’s population ...
A bit more than one hundred years ago Maynard and Stow had a moth problem. Two moth problems, actually. Gypsy moths had been deliberately brought to Medford, in 1869 in an attempt to create a hybrid ...
OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - A playground in Old Town has temporarily closed due to a Brown-tail Moth infestation. Binette Park is home to a number of oak trees that provide shade on sunny days, but the ...
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In the early years of the twentieth century, New England was invaded, and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths – and their caterpillars – that had ...
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