The browntail moth is a scourge in America's most forested state, where it defoliates trees and causes a rash in humans that resembles poison ivy.
The hairs of the caterpillars, which have been the subject of an outbreak in the state for about seven years, can also cause respiratory trouble.
"If they come out of those webs as hearty individuals, older individuals maturity wise, then they are better able to withstand that period and you get higher populations," Groden said."And you get defoliation that spring, and populations are raising havoc for anyone who has them in their yards." The study found early fall temperatures are a key determinant of population levels the following year, and that climate trends"indicate continued increases in fall temperatures" since the moth's resurgence in the state.
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