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Officials issue PSA after spotting highly invasive species capable of wiping out entire forests: 'The most destructive defoliators in North America'
These compounds are toxic to insects, and researchers fed the leaves to native caterpillars of the polyphemus moth to see how they'd react. Only 18% of the caterpillars survived, with the rate of ...
Insect Invasion Turning US Trees Against Native Species
The scientists then fed these high-toxin leaves to caterpillars of the polyphemus moth, the second-largest moth species in ...