by Sandy Boeckh | Jul 14, 2021 | Environment, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
We may have received some help from Mother Nature in our battle against the infestation of gypsy moths. The caterpillars were slowing down and looking like they were preparing to pupate just over a week ago. However, the apparent slowing down or lethargy was likely...
by Sandy Boeckh | Jul 14, 2021 | Environment, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
Sandy Boeckh believes that there is still time to build those pheromone traps (described in last week’s eBlast and now found on PaBIA’s website) for the male gypsy moths. Look at the two pictures she’s shared: one – the moth’s...
by Michael Phippen | Jul 12, 2021 | Environment, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
by Michael Phippen, PaBIA Environment Director If you are suffering from an infestation of gypsy moths on your island or property, PaBIA is offering a partial solution that should help curtail the infestation next summer by offering an instructional YouTube for...
by Trudy Irvine | Jul 7, 2021 | Environment, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Member Education Committee Tennis players at the Club were treated to the sight of an enormous Eastern Fox Snake sunning itself along the shoulder height horizontal bar of the Court 1 enclosure on Sunday morning. Obviously, an enthusiast of the game,...
by Sandy Boeckh | Jun 30, 2021 | Environment, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
Taken from London.Ca Caterpillars feeding on a pine tree. While they prefer oak and other hardwoods, they will also feast upon pine and spruce trees! Gypsy Moth Follow Up 2021 has materialized as the summer of the European Gypsy Moth. Many Cottagers have found these...
by Trudy Irvine | Jun 30, 2021 | Birds, Mammals, Nature
by Trudy Irvine, Member Education Committee Over the last year have you: Observed social distancing?Stockpiled “supplies” (raised eyebrow) for an upcoming period of enforced isolation?Spent the winter in your burrow, emerging from a state of torpor only to raid...
