Today we sprayed for Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar.
The safe biological insecticide, DiPel(r) RF, contains the active ingredient, Bacillus thuringiensis, will safely kill the Gypsy moth caterpillar which can eat one square feet of leaf foliage daily.
According to Wikipedia, the Gypsy moth is of Eurasian origin and was introduced to North American in the late 1860s, Connecticut specifically, I am told.
They have been on the march since, arriving in Highland Park, Illinois in 2006. Today we sprayed the four White Oak trees, Quercus alba that shade our home. Gypsy moth caterpillar prefer oak trees and will swarn and completely defoliate a giant tree in one mass feeding frenzy.
Unless we help reduce the caterpillar population, this will certainly stress and probably kill the tree.
Thank you for your support!
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