Gypsy Moth Treatment to Begin Later This Month in Several Western Wisconsin Counties

Thursday, June 10th, 2021 -- 8:07 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) Residents of nine western Wisconsin counties can expect to hear and see low flying planes in the early morning beginning in late June.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, the planes are part of aerial gypsy moth treatments planned at 21 sites in Crawford, Douglas, Dunn, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Rusk, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties. Treatments will end in mid-July in northwestern Wisconsin.

Yellow planes contracted by the U.S. Forest Service in a joint project with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture will be applying an organic, biodegradable mating disruptor. Unlike the spring treatments that targeted gypsy moth caterpillars, the mating disruptor targets adult male moths.

Treatment dates and times are weather dependent. Anyone can sign up to receive email notifications about treatment plans at https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/GypsyMoth.aspx

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