On Monday the Marshall County Commissioners signed a letter of approval for a Gypsy Moth treatment project in two sections of the county.
A letter from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to the commissioners say the USDA Forest Service and IDNR are cooperatively conducting aerial treatments to manage gypsy moth to slow the spread in the county. The treatment area will be 692 acres east of Argos and 2,648 acres south of Donaldson.
In June an EPA registered product called Disrupt II will be applies by Al’s Aerial Spraying. The product time releases the pheromone to provide a steady source of the female scent. The male moth senses the pheromone, becomes confused, and is unable to locate the female for mating. This breaks the life cycle and eliminated the existing very low level gypsy moth population.
The DNR says, “If left alone gypsy moth can seriously affect the urban and rural forests in Marshall County.”
