STATE BEGINS GYPSY MOTH TRAPPING
Friday, June 4th, 2010 -- 12:10 PM
If you?re out on a trail this summer, you may see some small orange or green boxes tied onto trees. These are actually gypsy moth traps.All of our area counties are among the 45 where box traps have been set by the Wisconsin Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread Program.
Trappers began setting traps in late May. The goal is to set a total of approximately 29,700 traps in 45 western and central counties by early July. Traps are used as a method of population survey, not as a method of population control.
The traps attract male gypsy moths by using the pheromone of the female moths as a lure.
The gypsy moth in its caterpillar stage is known to defoliate many species of trees and shrubs, especially oaks.
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