THE GIPSY AIOTPI SITUATION IN MAINE. 



Portion of Illustrated Lecture by A. O. Pike, Field Agent 



Gipsy Moth Work. 



During the first year of Gipsy moth work in Maine in 1906, 

 eight towns were found infested with this pest. By the end 

 of 1909 the number had increased to twenty-two and comprised 

 practically all of York county. During 19 10, thirty-one more 

 towns were found to be infested, in 191 1 fifteen more were 

 added to the list, and during the present year twelve more new 

 towns have been discovered to date. In all there are now 

 eighty towns which are known to contain the Gipsy moth. This 

 infested area includes Fryeburg on the north, stretches beyond 

 Lewiston, Gardiner and Bath on the east and includes all the 

 territory between those points and the Atlantic ocean and New 

 Hampshire line. 



This rapid increase of infested area is serious in itself but 

 even more serious is the enormous increase in the number of egg 

 clusters of the moth found in the badly infested towns of York 

 county. The comparative record for 1911 and 1912 in the 

 towns named is as follows : — 



From these figures, it may be seen that in these towns more 

 than seven times as many egg clusters were found and destroyed 

 in 1912 as in 191 1. The same ratio of increase will un- 



