Checked my Air Aware app. Clear to fly. Not. See attached image. Would have to fly low and very close to the house.
State is deploying anti-Spongy Caterpillar (previous known as G...Moth.) fungus. They finally arrived from MA after couple centuries of slowly migrating W. Had a bad localized outbreak couple years ago. They feast on basically any form of foliage. Hardwood, softwood, and conifer trees. Fruit trees and bushes. But.... The critters can be killed in mass by a "natural" means. Fungus that thrives in moist soil condition. Think the movie "Aliens". IIRC, Cornell has a cool time elapsed video of an infected Spongy Cat. By the times the cats climb up a tree it is too late for them as spores pop out of them and get dispersed by the wind. Fungus seems to relatively specific for the Spongy. Unlike our issue with the Multi-colored LadyBugs that moved up the Mississippi R. Valley from supposedly Louisiana tree plantations. Squishing them or permethrin insecticides is about it and futile.
State is deploying anti-Spongy Caterpillar (previous known as G...Moth.) fungus. They finally arrived from MA after couple centuries of slowly migrating W. Had a bad localized outbreak couple years ago. They feast on basically any form of foliage. Hardwood, softwood, and conifer trees. Fruit trees and bushes. But.... The critters can be killed in mass by a "natural" means. Fungus that thrives in moist soil condition. Think the movie "Aliens". IIRC, Cornell has a cool time elapsed video of an infected Spongy Cat. By the times the cats climb up a tree it is too late for them as spores pop out of them and get dispersed by the wind. Fungus seems to relatively specific for the Spongy. Unlike our issue with the Multi-colored LadyBugs that moved up the Mississippi R. Valley from supposedly Louisiana tree plantations. Squishing them or permethrin insecticides is about it and futile.
