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Gypsy Moths Are Back this Summer

By Kathryn Eident
Published June 23, 2016 at 10:52 AM EDT
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Gypsy moth in the caterpillar stage.
James McNeill, decodedscience.org

You may have seen them on trees, on your car and even on the streets and sidewalks—they are the fuzzy caterpillars that turn into gypsy moths. These creatures can do some damage to the region's trees.

Kathryn Eident talked with Larry Dapsis, an entomologist with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, to learn more. 

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