BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND BACK FOR 2024: THE CROTON GARDENER! #4---GYPSY MOTHS

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND BACK FOR 2024: THE CROTON GARDENER! #4---GYPSY MOTH ALERT

Today alone, we received 7 emails  (4 from Croton, 3 in Cortlandt) about Gypsy Moth issues

Here's some NY news---what to do etc.: 2024 Gypsy Moth Outbreak Could Kill Thousands of Hudson Valley Trees

Gypsy moths, also known as spongy moths, have broken out in the Hudson Valley and Catskills region nearly every summer in the recent past.

If you’ve gone hiking or even looked around your yard in the last month or so, they’re almost impossible to miss. The most prominent sign of them are fine silken threads in the air or on tree and plant surfaces. Beyond that, you may see dark, brown fuzzy caterpillars hanging on or off of trees, feeding on leaves. In wooded areas, you may be serenaded by a pitter-patter sound, similar to rainfall, except it’s the sound of caterpillar feces hitting the ground.  READ MORE AT 2024 Gypsy Moth Outbreak Could Kill Thousands of Hudson Valley Trees - Expert Tree Service (expertsintrees.com)

AND DON'T FORGET: Poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac! THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: SPECIAL EDITION OF THE CROTON GARDENER 2024: POISON IVY, POISON SUMAC AND POISON OAK

And BEWARE THE GIANT HOGWEED; THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: BEWARE THE GIANT HOGWEED, YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON ANNUAL ALERT 2024, A VERY DANGEROUS PLANT

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