Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1913 — How Does the Gipsy-Moth Spread? [ARTICLE]

How Does the Gipsy-Moth Spread?

Heretofore, says Dr. L. O. Howard, It has been supposed that the gipsy moth was distributed only by caterpillars carried by moving objects, such as carriages. The moths cannot ffy K and the part taken by birds and winds in distributing them or the caterpll- 1 lars he regards as problematical. Yet recently isolated colonies of these moths have been found in the woods far from roads and paths, and ths question arises, "How did they gel there?" Doctor Howard requests in formation and suggestions on thia P ohlt -