Management guide for homeowners - Gypsy moths

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Gypsy moth hotline:
1-800-642-MOTH

Please visit the DNR website for gypsy moth information for homeowners: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/gypsymoth/homeowners.cfm

All Information provided by - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Management guide for homeowners
AUGUST—SEPTEMBER: Watch for pinholes in egg masses.
MID-OCTOBER—MID-APRIL: Destroy egg masses.
LATE APRIL: Place barrier bands on tree trunks.
MAY–JUNE: Apply insecticides.
EARLY JUNE: Replace barrier bands with collection bands.


-Favorite foods-
oak
aspen
willow
apple and crabapple
tamarack
white birch
witch hazel
mountain ash
basswood
linden
pine (older caterpillars)
spruce (older caterpillars)

-Acceptable meals-
maple
walnut
chestnut
hickory
cherry
hemlock
elm
hackberry
black and yellow birch
beech
cottonwood
box elder
ironwood

-Won’t touch-
green, white, and black ash
balsam fir
locust
scotch pine
red cedar
tulip poplar
catalpa
sycamore
dogwood