A 1904 report written by Edith Patch, who was a pioneering entomologist and University of Maine faculty member, was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about invasive browntail moths. In Maine, a dry spring has fostered a bumper crop of the moths that cause an itchy rash, and a state entomologist said the worst read more Press Herald cites 1904 report on invasive moth written by Edith Patch