Deep freeze may reduce some insect populations, Dill tells Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald reported the recent cold temperatures in Maine could tamp down insect populations that threaten backyard landscapes and woodlands, according to entomologists and tree experts. Jim Dill, a pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said the devastating winter moth and hemlock woolly adelgid — and possibly the browntail read more Deep freeze may reduce some insect populations, Dill tells Press Herald