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What Every Gardener Should Know To Stop The Box Tree Moth In Its Tracks
If your gorgeous boxwood (Buxus species) hedges are suddenly suffering, the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) might be to blame. If you've never heard of the box tree moth, that's probably ...
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Box Tree Moth
The Box Tree Moth (BTM) caterpillars are green and hairy, with black stripes and white dots. They grow to about 1 to 2 inches. Adults are white with a thick brown border on the wings and are active at ...
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Box tree moth, lethal to boxwoods, found in one county in Delaware, USDA confirms
Property owners with boxwoods beware! The box tree moth, lethal to the shrubs, has been found in Delaware. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s animal and plant health inspection service has ...
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APHIS establishes Box Tree Moth quarantines in Delaware and Pennsylvania
APHIS is taking this action in response to the confirmed detections of BTM in a residence in Little Creek, Delaware, on July ...
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Invasive caterpillar a threat to box hedge plants
Box tree caterpillars are the larvae of the box tree moth and feed on box hedge plants. The species is native to south-east Asia but has been in the British Isles since 2007, according to expert ...