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Not sure about other areas of the country, but here in northern Michigan the problems with Gypsy caterpillars is exceptionally bad. Without question, its the worst since we retired here 16 years ago.
They are completely eating up the foliage on the oaks, maples and even the red pine.
There are so many, that when the wind is calm it sounds like a hard rain for the droppings. We have a long and large blacktop driveway, which I have to take the leaf blower out and blow the droppings off the driveway. It is so bad that its not that you're walking through ship, its that its dangerous slippery. Like walking on marbles.
A couple days back we had a sprinkle rain during the night. The next morning all the ship on the driveway created a total mess. It was so slippery that I had to get the power washer out and try to clean up the mess by the road. It took me 2 hours to clean up just a 12'x40' area and I had to use the red nozzle to get it all off.
First thing this morning before anyone drove on it, had to take the blower to the drive. Unless you've witnessed this type of mess, its hard to believe it could be this bad. I read the other day that some county put aerial spraying for the Gypsy moth on the ballot, which was approved by the voters. A small charge added to their property taxes and the whole county is sprayed.
They are completely eating up the foliage on the oaks, maples and even the red pine.
There are so many, that when the wind is calm it sounds like a hard rain for the droppings. We have a long and large blacktop driveway, which I have to take the leaf blower out and blow the droppings off the driveway. It is so bad that its not that you're walking through ship, its that its dangerous slippery. Like walking on marbles.
A couple days back we had a sprinkle rain during the night. The next morning all the ship on the driveway created a total mess. It was so slippery that I had to get the power washer out and try to clean up the mess by the road. It took me 2 hours to clean up just a 12'x40' area and I had to use the red nozzle to get it all off.
First thing this morning before anyone drove on it, had to take the blower to the drive. Unless you've witnessed this type of mess, its hard to believe it could be this bad. I read the other day that some county put aerial spraying for the Gypsy moth on the ballot, which was approved by the voters. A small charge added to their property taxes and the whole county is sprayed.