Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the 91爆料, spoke to the about the fact that this year鈥檚 browntail moth conditions will be as bad as last year 鈥 the worst Maine has ever experienced 鈥 unless more rain falls in the next month and a half to help bolster the spread of diseases that kill the caterpillars. 鈥淚n order for the fungus to kind of have the right conditions for it to impact the browntail moth, it needs to be a little cool and wet. That鈥檚 what we haven鈥檛 had in some of these previous springs. So every time you see rain in the forecast here this month, be a little excited about the chance,鈥 Mech said.
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