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Gypsy moth caterpillars have started hatching in western Mass.

HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – The gypsy moth caterpillars have been seen hatching on trees along Route 202 in Belchertown. If you live in eastern parts of Hampden, Hampshire or Franklin Counties you may have ...
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Gypsy moth caterpillars are hatching in Belchertown

BELCHERTOWN, Mass.(WWLP) – They were a big problem in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and then they pretty much disappeared. “Since about 1989, roughly around that time frame, a fungus was first noticed in ...
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Furry SC caterpillars that can give you a rash are out for spring. Here’s how to identify them

Have you noticed a heavier population of furry, red-headed caterpillars in the Lowcountry recently? Although not quite at their peak hatching season, people are starting to notice, and feel, the ...
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These fuzzy SC spring critters can give you a rash. Here’s where they live and how to ID them

Have you noticed a heavier population of furry, red-headed caterpillars in the Lowcountry recently? Although not quite at their peak hatching season, people are starting to notice, and feel, the ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Invasive gypsy moths have begun to hatch in Massachusetts

Scientists warn that the season's first gypsy moths have begun to hatch and could soon be damaging trees across the state. The leaf-eating moths swarmed the state last year and stripped leaves from ...