Browntail Moth Outbreaks Expected Statewide This Year
April 08, 2019
April 08, 2019
ORONO, Maine, April 8 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
As spring slowly moves its way into Maine, data is indicating that large parts of the midcoast and southern central parts of the state are likely to experience another tough year with the browntail moth. Maine Forest Service's (MFS) aerial survey in fall 2018 showed over 126,000 acres impacted -- double what was reported two years earlier.
The tell-tale winter webs of the browntail moth . . .
As spring slowly moves its way into Maine, data is indicating that large parts of the midcoast and southern central parts of the state are likely to experience another tough year with the browntail moth. Maine Forest Service's (MFS) aerial survey in fall 2018 showed over 126,000 acres impacted -- double what was reported two years earlier.
The tell-tale winter webs of the browntail moth . . .