Fairfax Tackles Woodland Pests
County to spray areas with insecticides to prevent cankerworms, moths from destroying trees.
Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday designed to stop the woodland pests that can cause serious damage to Fairfax's natural resources. The 2013 Forest Pest Management Suppression Program attacks gypsy moths, fall cankerworms and other insects known to harm county green space. The program involves both ground treatment and aerial treatment, which will be carried out by helicopter. Cankerworm treatment will take place specifically in the Mount Vernon and Lee Districts. The pest control initiatives will kick off around April 2013. Cankerworms, which are typically called inchworms in the caterpillar stage, feed on leaves, and severe infestations of them can defoliate trees so severely that they die. The worms can have a green or grey …
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