The Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday, January 7,1981

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Aerial Spray said Best

Destroying Ege Masses Won’t Stop Gypsy Moths J nesticide controversy," notes the Newbold <n>«d,a spray material to

COURT HOliSK The -search and dcstrov mission" advanced in a news article last week reporting on (he Lower Township Environmental Commissions suggestion to help eliminate gypsy moth Iiut mass'* may be practically useless, accordmlt to mlormalron this week from the Cape May County Extension Service As part of its educational effort to alert the public to the (hreal of massive defoliation next spring and summer after the eggs hatch,into voracious caterpillars, the environmental unit advocated that persons coming across the egg masses destroy them by scraping the egg deposites off trees and wood piles and dropping them into kerosene • THE E<a(t MASSES. whlcJ^Took like fuuy white or browmshpwiffaturo oyster shells, contain upwards of 500 eggs But destroying every reg mass that one comes across in yard Or forest won t do much good according to information Supplied through Larry E Newbold. county agricultural agent The information was from the Cooperative Extension Service of the state university at Cook College, Kutgers Basically, it alerted the public to expect the gypsy moth outbreak to continue this coming spring and summer — and that the best defense against the crawly critters is through aerial spraying According to the state -information, under outbreak conditions, egg mass scraping would be ineffective because 85 per cent of the deposits are above the 7 ft.

level in trees,

OTHER CONTROL PROCEDURES such as these won t work either, according

to Newbold’s information:

• Tree banding with tanglefoot (because the larvae — caterpillars — crawl over stuck insects and isn’t practical when there are large numbers of trees; or economical, because tanglefoot is ex-

pensive); «

• Moth trappingiwith sex lure (because only males, which mate many times, are caught, and because the moth population next season is expected to be so high) ; • Cultural methods (because replacing oaks with non-si|»ceptiole species isn t practical in residential developments built

in native oak forests).

WHILE ONE COULD PRESUMABLY rid their property of egg masses in determined and persistent forays over every nook and cranny of the house ex•tcrior. wood piles, to the tops of every tree in the yard. etc., the ability of the caterpillars to -ny In” from distant areas would seem to nullify the homeowners’ efforts. The caterpillars, shortly after hatching around mid-April, crawl to the tops of trees and then drop via silken threads which are borne by the wind up to several It is this natural spreading of the caterpillars that has led authorities on the state and federal levels to conclude that aerial spraying provides the optimium defense against massive defoliation. • THE JOB OF CONTROLLING the gypsy in residential and recreational areas is not ijn easy one in view of the

pesticide controversy.” notes the Newbold

news release,

-But the N.J. Dept, of Agriculture is required by -law to / assist municipalities requesting help and the number of requests has been increasing in recent years because of the gypsy moth out-

breaks.

There are no easy solutions to this

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problem, but if the towns are willmg to

cooperate, they (Ui& A f

state and fedend

jgovemment ageijltes) are ready lb provide the technidftsupervision to insure

the work is done prq^rly.” . LAST SPRING 57 MUNICIPALITIES

and other agencies cooperated with the N.J. Dept, of Agriculture in spraying 35.500 acres for control of the gypsy moth. 41 towns were treated with carbaryl involving 18.500 acres, and 16 towns used B.T. to treat approximately 17.000 acres,

according to Newbold’s information. The ag. department's objective in ap-

plying aerial spray controls, according to Newbold. is to prevent tree loss in residential and recreational areas where

the trees have the*greatest value. -The department’s function in the spray

operation is to insure that the work is done properly, using EPA-labeled and registered insecticides at the proper

dosages rates.

-THE N.J. DEPT. OF Agriculture, the county agent continued, “recognizes the federal EPA as the highest authority on pesticide usage in the country, and if their ^cars of testing and research has deter-

mined a spray material to be safe for use in residential and recreational areas, we

abide by their label.”

Sirtce the government began keeping

tabs on the gypsy moth spread in this country in 1924, more than 29 million acres of forest Jand in the U.S. has been defoliated - last summer being the greatest single year of attack with over 5

million acres in the Northeast hit.

Claudia R. Hammer K a miner vs. Krammer There was a typographical error repeated throughout last week's article on the new township clerk. She is Claudia R. Hammer, not Krammer.

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