Controlling Winter Moth Infestation in New England

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

A six-year campaign to control winter moth pests with a natural parasite now has concrete evidence that a fly, Cyzenis albicans, is attacking the pest at four sites in eastern Massachusetts. It's the beginning of the end for the decade-long defoliation of millions of trees by the invasive species.

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