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By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Browntail moth caterpillars are emerging from their nests this week. How fast the invasive insect’s population will expand likely depends on spring rainfall, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
Browntail moth caterpillars are emerging from their nests already this spring. Scientists hope spring rain will help keep populations down.
Though the state is 90 percent forested, invasive insects, diseases and a warming climate imperil the health of the trees.
The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.
"Normally when people start to notice that they are impacted by browntail moth, its really too late to do any control."