How To Use Gypsy moth In A Sentence
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The gypsy moth is a notorious pest that feeds on birches and other deciduous trees, and outbreaks of this pest occur cyclically across large regions of Japan.
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These range from Gypsy moths to invasive plants and exotic diseases like West Nile virus and Monkey pox.
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In those optimistic times, the commission thought that if they just kept at it they could eventually eradicate the gypsy moth.
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The orange, purple and silver butterfly vanished in the 1990s, possibly aided by man's use of parasitic wasps and flies brought in to combat the gypsy moth - another whopping human error.
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Researchers at some locations focus on beneficial insects like wasps to control insect pests such as alfalfa weevils or gypsy moths.
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The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
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Now a team of scientists thinks they have discovered how the baculovirus takes control of gypsy moth caterpillars.
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The introduction of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana), hemlock wooly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), balsam wooly-adelgid (A. piceae), as well as dogwood anthracnost fungi is altering the forest composition and habitat composition.
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The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
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Gypsy moth egg hatch occurs at about the time of budburst of red and black oaks.
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Slavicek says knowing precisely how baculovirus overwhelms the gypsy moth could help scientists develop more potent strains of the virus.
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These include spruce budworm, forest tent caterpillar, jack pine budworm (Choristoneura pinus pinus), and gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar).
Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic
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Artificial dispersal occurs when people transport gypsy moth eggs thousands of miles from infested areas on cars and recreational vehicles, firewood, household goods, and other personal possessions.
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Gypsy moth larvae have been defoliating huge areas of forest in New England since they were accidentally introduced in 1869.
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Well, that's what happens if you're a gypsy moth caterpillar when you're infected by a baculovirus.
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When infected by a virus known as baculovirus, gypsy moth caterpillars mysteriously climb for the treetops.
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Gypsy moths can attack bur oak; oak lacebug can turn the leaves off-color, causing long-term stress that heavily defoliates bur oaks in shelterbelt plantings, especially during dry weather.
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Some years ago the gypsy moth and the browntail moth were introduced by accident into the New England states.
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