USDA warns Asian gypsy moth could cause widespread damage to country's natural resources

The biggest threat they pose is to native plants. Female moths can lay hundreds of eggs that transform into caterpillars with large appetites, able to decimate large sections of forests, orchards and other patches of vegetation. Large infestations can defoliate trees and shrubs, the USDA explained, leaving the plant susceptible to disease.

The USDA said:"In the eastern United States, European gypsy moths defoliate an average of 700,000 acres each year, causing millions of dollars in damage. If AGM were to become established in our country, the damage could be even more extensive and costly." "This imminent danger of infestation seriously endangers the agricultural and horticultural industries of the state of Washington and seriously threatens the economic well-being and quality of life of state residents," the proclamationThe state plans to deal with the invaders by dropping more than 655 gallons of insecticide over the Woodway and Boulevard Bluffs areas. The first treatment is scheduled for today to coincide with gypsy moth caterpillars' emergence in the spring.

Well thanks to Trump we can expect boils and then the death of our first born, as this curse of plagues continues.

What's Asia got to do with it?

Can we just leave ethnicity out of the name and just call it Gypsy moth?

Asian... everything bad these days

'It will disappear from 15 to zero' - Donald J.Trump

after chinese virus...

Does anyone else notice that nothing good seems to from China except food recipes (definitely not food)? Chinese immigrant spies, hackers, killer wasps, bugs (gypsy moth, stink bugs), VIRUSES, threats to withhold vital drugs they control. Thinking we need to rethink relationship?

That is what you get when warnings are ignored. In 1868 Trouvelot warned the GOV but nobody was interested. The similarity with the current time is surprising.

We need more moth balls.

This is racist. You can't call a moth an Asian gypsy

Let’s bring in Borat

Can we please have a redo of 2020? I just can’t hear any more bad news. MurderHornets AsianGypsyMoths COVID19 schoolclosures unemployment ParentingInLockdown ParentingInAPandemic

Murder Wasps and Gypsy Moths! What next!

Can’t we get murder hornets to battle them

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