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Litchfield County anticipating heavy presence of spongy moth caterpillars

Connecticut’s Agricultural Experiment Station is cautioning residences in northern portions of Litchfield County to anticipate a heavy presence of spongy moth caterpillars, formerly named gypsy moths, this Spring.  The Entomological Society of America removed the previous name due to its use of a derogatory term for the Romani people. Spongy moth populations rose substantially in 2021 particularly in the Sharon-Cornwall area last year, and caterpillars have begun to emerge.  The state-wide gypsy moth egg mass survey, especially in northwestern Connecticut, showed large masses, which leads entomologists to believe there will be a continued hatch and extensive caterpillar activity in 2022. The change is the first undertaken by ESA's Better Common Names Project.

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