[MassChestnutOrchards] Winter moths arrive in Rhode Island

[Yvonne Federowicz]

P.s. I think that Rufin has mentioned these before ­ they are spreading to
most of our orchard areas now...


On 12/10/09 4:02 PM, "Yvonne Federowicz" <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>
wrote:

> These moths have just arrived west of Narragansett Bay ­ they are in parts of
> eastern MA as well.
> 
> Since they include oaks, maples, apples (!) and many other species in their
> feeding, it¹s possible chestnuts would also be targeted.
> 
> The caterpillars apparently devour buds.  Here is more information:
> 
> http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/defoliators/winter_moth.pdf
> 
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