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Within the next two or three years, Virginia’s number one forest pest could well be the Gypsy Moth -- an apparently harmless insect whose caterpillar stage has an unsatiable appetite. 1 Unlike many insects that limit their feeding to certain plant species, the Gypsy Moth eats most types of vegetation. It is particularly injurous to broad-leaved trees; but pines are by no means immune from attack. A single defoliation will kill our forest evergreens (pines, spruces, hemlock, etc.). Hardwoods, on the other hand, can tolerate two or three years of successive defoliation before dying. This pest was introduced into Medford, Massachusetts in 1869 and has since moved progressively southward in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states. The wind is its primary means of distribution for short distances (up to 20 miles has been recorded). More important, however, is its effectiveness as a
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