LD moths* (Lymantria dispar) first came to North America in the late 1800s in Boston Massachusetts. Etienne Leopold Trouvelot, a french astronomer and naturalist, imported them from Europe in an attempt to find a new source for silk (1). Some eventually escaped his home and only ten years after their release, LD moths were alreadyContinue reading “Lymantria, Tramps, and Thieves: The Moth Wreaking Havoc on Northeastern Forests”
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Ashley Keesling 