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    Jun 28, 2022 3 minutes

    Attack of the caterpillars, the sequel

    BY PAUL POST

    Miles and Kelly Moody’s Clinton County apple orchard was stripped bare of leaves and several 90-foot-tall pines were killed and had to be cut down at considerable expense.

    Their loss is one small example of the widespread devastation caused by last year’s massive spongy moth infestation that’s plaguing northern New York again as tiny caterpillars have emerged to devour foliage.

    The moths attack oaks, the voracious insects’ preferred food choice, but they’ll eat both deciduous and coniferous trees while invading forests and residential

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