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Rappahannock News file photo VORACIOUS EATERS, gypsy moth caterpillars like these are beginning to hatch throughout the county.
more of the egg masses to survive, and summer droughts have weakened trees and made them more succeptible to any threat, including the caterpillars. The onslaught on voracious larvae, which often defoliate entire trees, weaken the already tired trees and kill the older and weaker specimens.
“A tree is only supposed to bear leaves once in a seaSee
GYPSY MOTH, p. 16
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