How to Use gypsy moth in a Sentence

gypsy moth

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• The woods around me are almost all tulip poplar since the gypsy moths wiped out the oaks years ago.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
• The gypsy moth is the adult stage of one of the caterpillar species that threaten tree canopies.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• Washington has sprayed for gypsy moths for most years since 1979.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2019
• Three hybrid Asian gypsy moths were caught in Boulevard Bluffs.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2019
• There is a national policy in place to prevent the movement of gypsy moth.
  — Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
• But that's impossible since gypsy moth caterpillars wiped his trees and bushes clean this year.
  — Keely Aouga and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 4 July 2021
• An infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars can have a ripple effect, Petrice said.
  — Keely Aouga and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 4 July 2021
• On the bright side, gypsy moths, which can cause widespread defoliation of trees, and box elder bugs, which like to crawl into homes in the fall to find a winter shelter, are in bad shape.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2019
• The gypsy moth is a non-native, invasive species that feeds on the leaves of more than 300 different trees and shrubs and can permanently damage or kill them.
  — USA TODAY, 12 June 2019
• Vermont is experiencing its worst outbreak of leaf-munching gypsy moth caterpillars since 1991, according to state foresters.
  — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
• Although gypsy moth caterpillars are damaging, otherwise healthy trees can often survive a few years of successive defoliation.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 June 2021
• As if 2020 needed to become more like a Hollywood disaster film, giant Asian gypsy moths are now something to possibly be worried about.
  — Fox News, 14 May 2020
• In a letter to the governor, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities warned that recent plagues of gypsy moths and emerald ash borers are killing trees at a phenomenal rate and causing serious local public safety and fiscal problems.
  — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 31 Oct. 2019