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CrawfordCentury · 05-18-2010, 01:35 PM

Aside from both being pests, they have in common their invasiveness.

Gypsy moths were imported here in an effort to create a domestic silk industry. A few went on the lam, got busy, did the be fruitful and multiply thingy...and voila!

I seem to remember a road in Haverhill, Mass. was so thick with the kittypillers that they caused accidents. I was 7 or 8 during the worst of the plague - and remember well that greenish ooze that came outta them. We used to step on their bums til their heads popped of, with a torrent of ooze coming outta them - prolly what the devil makes condemned souls use for toothpaste.

After a couple years, some virus whacked them down good. They'd stop in their tracks, go limpy, and that was it.

05-18-2010, 01:35 PM	#17
CrawfordCentury Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere betwixt Gonic and Chocorua Posts: 191 Thanks: 13 Thanked 30 Times in 21 Posts	bamboo and gypsy moths Aside from both being pests, they have in common their invasiveness. Gypsy moths were imported here in an effort to create a domestic silk industry. A few went on the lam, got busy, did the be fruitful and multiply thingy...and voila! I seem to remember a road in Haverhill, Mass. was so thick with the kittypillers that they caused accidents. I was 7 or 8 during the worst of the plague - and remember well that greenish ooze that came outta them. We used to step on their bums til their heads popped of, with a torrent of ooze coming outta them - prolly what the devil makes condemned souls use for toothpaste. After a couple years, some virus whacked them down good. They'd stop in their tracks, go limpy, and that was it. __________________ Plant a garden. Heat with wood. And thank a veteran.