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Originally Posted by Tree Machine  My Grandfather lived in northern Michigan, and I watched a large swath of the Manistee National Forest lose insane numbers of oaks. I would visit the forest with him every Spring for Morels and steelhead season, and again in the Fall for salmon season.
I saw the forest before the infestation, during the infestation and after. It was heartbreaking, but the bringing in Grampa's firewood the last few years of his life was easy pickins, forests full of standing and fallen dead oak. I remember one time when the gypsy moths were feeding so heavily you could stand quietly in the woods and the sound of their poop falling to the forest floor sounded like a light rain. |
Not familiar w the mushrooms, but that is a damn nice looking fish and looks like you and your Grampa had a great day.
I know what you mean by raining poop hitting the leaves. The first year we hit them with Sevin, they fell immediately. The second year they fell after we got to the end of a long driveway. 3rd year it took couple of hours and the next year it hardly worked at all. Guys were using stuff that made birds fall in the yard. Few years later they disappeared as a fungus attacked their bodies and killed them. They have reappeared out there I ve heard and I saw stands on the PA Turnpike dead couple of summers ago I assumed they killed.
We ve got to worry about resistance to treatments from these also. They are harder to hit as they are inside tree. If you haven t seen one you should visit a infestation site. You will be amazed the devastation these little bastards can cause. It is hugely impressive.