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Janet's looper caterpillar

Before These Caterpillars Become Moths, They Unite to Destroy Forests

July 23, 2018 Tom Coleman, Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service

A caterpillar that’s been rarely observed in the wild is about to join with another species of inch worms to wreak destruction upon two national forests in New Mexico. The culprit, called Janet’s looper caterpillar, feeds on the needles of high-elevation fir and spruce trees, but this insect has...

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