The following is an article about sex-crazed gypsy moths.
For those of you who are still with us, the U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on a program â which it more discreetly describes as a âmating disruption treatmentâ â to eradicate an invasive species that feeds voraciously on foliage.
Gypsy moths also have a big appetite for sex. And unprotected moth sex leads to caterpillars, which have stripped oak trees and other hardwoods of their leaves in Southwest Virginia and beyond.
To protect the trees, the Forest Service is taking a family-planning approach to a problem that starts with the female gypsy mothâs inability to fly.