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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Gypsy moths, the voracious insects that strip whole forests of trees in a matter of days, have established base camps in Rappahannock County.
Supervisor Hubert Gilkey saw fthousands of egg masses last fall during hunting outings in the mountains circling Chester Gap. Supervi-' sor Nelson Lane counted hundreds in the lowlands at the other end of the county. Bob Dennis trapped multitudes of caterpillars in burlap bands around trees on his fanh on the Jericho Road, seven miles'from Shenandoah National Park where thousands of acres have been defoliated.
“We had 20 or 30 people calling the extension office in the last week reporting gypsy moths,” agent Birgitt Thornhill announced at the June 18 informational meeting called by the county’s gypsy moth committee.
But while the moths are here, they are yet to really make their presence seen — and felt.
(See MOTHS, page 15)
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