[Cincinatus' Wife]

Lord, save us from the experts.

[SIDENET]

Bush's fault!

[mewzilla]

Researchers are still working on ways to control the large number of winter moth caterpillars in the region.

It'll be interesting to see how enviroweenies wage war.

[CzarNicky]

If there was a caterpillar that would devour Massachusetts I wouldn't have a problem with it. It might get AIDS though.

[TGOGary]

No surprise to me, after all we all know Ted has eaten the worm a few times.

[SIDENET]

Massachusetts needs a good locust plague. Then they'll stop whining about caterpillars.

[kenth]

My plan is working. Chew my pretties, chew.

[Fierce Allegiance]

I remember in the early 80's how the gypsy moth caterpillars almost completely devoured all the trees in western mass. I was racing in Upstate New York, and every week on our ride out on the Mass Pike, we could clearly see how much they had eaten. By the middle of August, the trees were almost as bare as in winter

[martin_fierro]

I, for one, am glad to see that the moth has been regulated.

(whatever the hell that means)

[happinesswithoutpeace]

“and it is not quite as bad as in the 1980s, when gypsy moth caterpillars were more widespread and were found everywhere from sidewalks to screen doors”

This brings back memories! Trucks cruising around spraying eveything in sight with pesticides, guys with homemade flamethrowers taking out entire trees to kill one nest. You couldn't walk 2 feet with squishing 500 of those things, and they would spray their guts everywhere. I have some funny memories of these little terrors. When I was a kid they were used as slingshot ammo or were scooped up in handfuls and dumped in the nearest girls hair.

[Blogatron]

What kind of wine goes with Massachusetts?

[DennisR]

Well, if JFK had been elected President, paraplegics would be walking and these moths would not dare be doing what they are doing. :)

[texson66]

Too bad they dont eat US Senators from MA!

[verity]

Can they be taught to munch on liberals?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Researchers are still working on ways to control the large number of winter moth caterpillars in the region.

Leave them alone. That is nature at its best. Were it not for man there would be no problem. Anyway, global warming will soon, a few thousand years, make winter moths extinct.

[P.O.E.]

We had a 17-year locust infestation back in 1996. Creepiest thing I ever heard/saw.

[finnsheep]

We are having a MAJOR gypsy moth infestation here in Pike County, PA - - northern part of the Poconos. All the oak trees are stripped bare as are some of the maple trees in our yard. Nearby there is nothing green at all except for the mountain laurel which is in full bloom.

[RockinRight]

Well let's just point them to Ted Kennedy-after they feast on him they'll leave the trees alone...

[MrsEmmaPeel]