Gypsy Moth Trapping Results in 2002

Results of Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Annual Monitoring

Fifteen male moths were caught in pheromone traps in the following locations in the summer of 2002.  A high density grid trapping (Trap density 9/acre (5760/sq.mi.), Inter-trap distance 70 ft) caught the 6 moths in Delta.  A total of 8055 traps were placed throughout B.C.  No treatments other than the use of a mass trapping grid in Delta were conducted in 2003. 

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