Infestation by Gypsy Moth Caterpillar

Will the Gypsy Moth Infestation 2022 be the same as last year?

The Gypsy Moth Caterpillar starts out as an extremely tiny 1/4″ – 60 mm long thin hard to see Caterpillar.  But not for long as they grow quickly eating your broad leaf trees, oak, basswood, maples, larch  … even conifers such as the pine and spruce.

Gypsy Caterpillar Tree infestation will strip a tree of most of it’s leaves.

So what’s the solution?

  1. Tree Service company to inject the tree at the base early before Gypsy Moth Caterpillar has grown too large to kill.
  2. Small trees that are too young, hire a Tree Service to spray the tree’s leaves which kills the Gypsy Moth Caterpillar on contact.  Good option for young and smaller trees that cannot be injected
  3. Extreem infestation, hire flyby air spray to do large areas or multiple neighbours
  4. Wait to Next Year, hope that your trees survive the Gypsy Caterpillar eating frensy

PS The male Gypsy Moth flies around endlessly, not eating, just looking to mate with a female Gypsy Moth.

2022: Moth Pods are laid and ready. If you look at an infected tree’s bark you can see loonie  size whitish-grey pods which contain the eggs to be hatched!

…Hopefully this cold winter might reduce the number of Gypsy Moths in 2022. 

 

Wood Bridge Victorian Design Photos

White Wooden Bridge built by the Koreshan Settlement in the Victorian era of 1905 Florida. Wooden Bridge painted white spans a small Florida creek with Live Oak Tree in front.Closer full view of the Wooden Bridge’s design and its detail.

The 1905 VictorianWood Bridge Story.

Wooden posts painted white rise up high on both sides at each bridge entrance.

Use of Cross design along with fully detailed corner posts.

Entrance view: Estimate bridge is 14 to 16 feet wide with a 70 to 80 foot span.

Approach from opposite side of t he bridge shows the many pieces; timber structure, rails, wood arches, posts and wood decking .. a significant landmark.

Oak Tree Flooring

Wood flooring is on the top list of most of todays home reno’s  … just watch some HGTV episodes. In the past 2″ Oak flooring, as pictured here,  was installed in many homes in the early 1900”s.

Due to it’s thin 3/8 inch thickness, it can only be sanded a few times before the tongue and groves that join the strips together rise to the surface  …causing the oak to split and crack.

As a result the floor is generally no good and un-repairable.