Local radio stations highlight UMaine browntail moth research effort
Z107.3 and Q106.5 featured browntail moth research from the University of Maine in a report about statewide efforts to curtail the pest population. The article cited a pilot study by Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, and graduate student Sadia Crosby to determine if pheromones could be the key to disrupting the Maine pests population and help reduce the infestation across Maine.