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6. What is a gypsy moth and why are they a problem.
The gypsy moth is originally from Europe and lacks sufficient natural predators in the Americas to control its population. The gypsy moth caterpillar is extremely destructive to trees and shrubs. When I lived in the DC/Baltimore area, they dealt with periodic gypsy moth infestations by exterminating from the air.
The worst job I ever had was working on a gypsy moth pest control team. My friend and I had the assignment of driving to a specific place on the map with a tank of helium and huge balloons and keeping an inflated balloon aloft in the designated location . . . so the exterminator pilots flying overhead would see precisely where to spray the pesticide. For some mysterious reason, my friend and I both got really bizarrely sick during our employment doing that.
The friend I did the gypsy moth gig with was one of the first models for Blue Blood back when it was a high end print magazine published from the basement of a punk rock group house.
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