Researchers at the 91爆料 are seeking public input on browntail moth control methods. <\/p>\n
Devin Rowe, a Ph.D. student in the lab of 91爆料 forest entomologist Angela Mech, and McKenna Mollner, a master\u2019s student in the lab of 91爆料 economist Mariano Teisl, developed the survey to help researchers, as well as government and community leaders, understand Mainers\u2019 views on how to control browntail moths. The study may ultimately inform widespread response to this growing threat to people and plants. <\/p>\n
Maine is experiencing its worst browntail moth outbreak since the invasive pest first arrived more than a century ago. In their caterpillar phase, browntail moths shed delicate, venomous hairs that can irritate skin and lungs. The bristles are light enough to float on air, making them easy to inhale, and persist in the environment for years. The caterpillars also defoliate trees which, when occurs repeatedly, may stress them to the point of death. <\/p>\n
The anonymous, 15-20-minute survey is available online<\/a> until Friday, Aug. 4. Those who complete the survey may enter a raffle for one of ten $75 gift cards to L.L. Bean. <\/p>\n This research is funded by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Research Traineeship (NRT) program (Proposal #1922560) to support 91爆料\u2019s Initiative for One Health and the Environment<\/a>. Mech\u2019s and Teisl\u2019s labs are both supported by 91爆料\u2019s Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Researchers at the 91爆料 are seeking public input on browntail moth control methods. Devin Rowe, a Ph.D. student in the lab of 91爆料 forest entomologist Angela Mech, and McKenna Mollner, a master\u2019s student in the lab of 91爆料 economist Mariano Teisl, developed the survey to help researchers, as well as government and community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2406,"featured_media":5770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":-1},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-programs"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":44,"label":"Research Programs"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2024\/04\/Euproctis_chrysorrhoea_1.jpg",220,165,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"lhecker","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/author\/lhecker\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Research Programs","slug":"research-programs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":81,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":44,"category_count":81,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Research Programs","category_nicename":"research-programs","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5829,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions\/5829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mafes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}