How to Use gypsy moth in a Sentence
gypsy moth
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The woods around me are almost all tulip poplar since the gypsy moths wiped out the oaks years ago.
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Ellen Nibali,
baltimoresun.com,
2019-06-13
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The gypsy moth is the adult stage of one of the caterpillar species that threaten tree canopies.
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New York Times,
2018-05-11
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You’re right up there now with the big guys, with gypsy moths and Japanese beetles.
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Steven Strogatz,
The New Yorker,
2011-08-08
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Washington has sprayed for gypsy moths for most years since 1979.
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USA TODAY,
2019-12-02
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There is a national policy in place to prevent the movement of gypsy moth.
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Marc McAndrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2020-09-22
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But that's impossible since gypsy moth caterpillars wiped his trees and bushes clean this year.
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Keely Aouga and Evan Simko-Bednarski,
CNN,
2021-07-04
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Efforts to eradicate the invasive species proved fruitless: the gypsy moth remains a scourge to this day.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
2018-09-30
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Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth.
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Seth Borenstein,
Star Tribune,
2021-07-09
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On the bright side, gypsy moths, which can cause widespread defoliation of trees, and box elder bugs, which like to crawl into homes in the fall to find a winter shelter, are in bad shape.
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Meg Jones,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
2019-06-17
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As if 2020 needed to become more like a Hollywood disaster film, giant Asian gypsy moths are now something to possibly be worried about.
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Fox News,
2020-05-14
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In a letter to the governor, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities warned that recent plagues of gypsy moths and emerald ash borers are killing trees at a phenomenal rate and causing serious local public safety and fiscal problems.
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Gregory B. Hladky,
courant.com,
2019-10-31
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