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When Gypsy Moths Attack

  • November 12, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The gypsy moth is an invasive species in North America, introduced by accident around 1868. They eat many plants but prefer hardwood trees, stripping foliage from at least a million acres of forest each year. Pesticides can control them, but the moths are still spreading. (Photo: Alex Svirid)

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