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Originally Posted by SteveO123
Yes I remember it. I was living in RI. The entire forest was denuded by the gypsy moth caterpillars. Armegeddon it was! Turns out once they ate all the leaves off every darn tree--it was surreal-- they starved off and that was the end of it.
"Nature finds a way" (Prof. Ian Malcolm)
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There is actually a wasp that kills them off. I believe it is called a "Spanish wasp". The wasp injects their eggs into the caterpillar. They are an invasive species that was brought over from England to try and produce "silk". Someone from Framingham MA, introduced them.