The Gypsy and Me: A Tragic Affai Part II - The Locals Fight Back

摘要

Part 1 of "The Gypsy and Me: A Tragic Affair" appeared in the October 2017 issue of'TCI. Here is a brief recap.In an ill-fated attempt to capitalize on the promise of the American dream, E. Leopold Trouvelot, an amateur entomologist, accidentally released a handful of gypsy moth caterpillars from his home in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1869. Twenty years later, the first major outbreak occurred there.