featured research conducted by the 91±¬ÁÏ in an article about scientists managing browntail moth populations. Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the 91±¬ÁÏ, told the Maine Monitor that researchers are studying other ways to control the pest, including testing a variety of targeted biopesticides that could have fewer harmful impacts on other species. Her students also are helping her test which types of lightbulbs are least attractive to browntail moths. Last summer, Mech and her colleagues tested different types of traps using pheromones, chemicals that alter sexual and other behaviors, to monitor population density and predict outbreaks. and the shared the Maine Monitor report.
