{"id":9500,"date":"2018-05-01T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org\/newsite\/?p=9500"},"modified":"2018-05-01T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T12:00:06","slug":"combating-an-invasive-species-the-gypsy-moth-infestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2018\/05\/01\/combating-an-invasive-species-the-gypsy-moth-infestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Combating an Invasive Species: The Gypsy Moth Infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9527\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/Local_History_Images\/GypsyMoth_illustration-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of gypsy moth caterpillar and adult\" width=\"518\" height=\"459\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration from &#8220;The Home and School Reference Work, Volume IV&#8221; by The Home and School Education Society, H. M. Dixon, President and Managing Editor, published in 1917 by The Home and School Education Society. Image file found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/perpetualplum\/4668881011\/in\/photolist-87zeEt-ZsKLth-ZtNmgh-YtqyEq-ZvNhkW-Zy4Tng-Zui2wW-Zui3c3-ZvgvHj-CrXHYQ-Zui2KG-ZvNhym-Z9bVx7-ZtNoHm-Zui2TY-CqTaKq-ZsKNa3-Ytqzr5-Zui2Ad-YtqwR5-ohU8Qc-CrXHuJ-YtqyLN-CqT9cL-Zy4THr-4vjM2Z-ZtNm81-fnrqZf-dA4DW8-ZtNmvq-ZvgvUG-CqTaCw-CrXHym-ZtNopW-YwSjNr-ZyAipz-CrXHqW-CqT8Zm-CqTb3E-Zvgxb9-37aigy-ZsKM1E-96Zs2p-ZsKLGJ-ZsKN41-pRph6f-ZsKLP7-ZsKNfd-CqTaYm-CrXHob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, we may see gypsy moths outside our homes or in our woodlands and think nothing of them, but this insect has a tumultuous history in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In 1869, an amateur entomologist imported this species\u00a0from Europe to his home in Medford, Massachusetts. He intended to use the moths to breed a silk-spinning moth that would be more resistant to disease than the domestic silkmoth. Unsurprisingly, several adult moths escaped from their enclosures, setting a number of problems in motion that we continue to grapple with today.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by to learn more about Kingston&#8217;s efforts to eradicate this pest in this month&#8217;s local history exhibit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today, we may see gypsy moths outside our homes or in our woodlands and think nothing of them, but this insect has a tumultuous history in the United States. In 1869, an amateur entomologist imported this species\u00a0from Europe to his home in Medford, Massachusetts. He intended to use the moths to breed a silk-spinning &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2018\/05\/01\/combating-an-invasive-species-the-gypsy-moth-infestation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Combating an Invasive Species: The Gypsy Moth Infestation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,298,292],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-9500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lhc","category-past","category-pique-of-the-week","tag-environment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}