N.J. Suspends Gypsy Moth Spraying

The dramatic decline of the gypsy moth population in New Jersey is due to the combination of effective treatments in spring of 2009 and the impacts of predatory parasites and natural fungus that kill gypsy moth caterpillars, according to Douglas Fisher, the state?EUR??,,????'?????< agriculture secretary.

For just the second time in 40 years, New Jersey will suspend its annual springtime spraying for gypsy moths because the invasive bug?EUR??,,????'?????<

Officials said winter surveys for the moth?EUR??,,????'?????<

In 1981, experts declared the gypsy moth, a Euro-Asian insect accidentally released in the United States more than 100 years ago, ?EUR??,,????'?????<