Gypsy+Moths


 * GYPSY MOTHS **

They are consumers because they eat plants. Prey because they only eat plants and they are eaten by other animals.


 * Description ****: ** The caterpillars are hairy with 2 rows of colored dots on their back, 5 pairs of blue and 6 pairs of red. When fully grown they are about 2.5 inches long.

**Habitat & Range: ** The Gypsy moth has a wide host range which includes native shade trees, as well as [|Garry oak] and valuable ornamentals trees. Hardwood forests in temperate climates. The gypsy moth has been spotted in every state in the U.S., populations are heaviest in the northeast and Great Lakes region.


 * Adaptations & Behavior **: The Moths are from the locust tree, and oak.


 * Ecological Interactions **: They are introduced species and they don’t have a natural predator, they eat trees and kill a large amount of them.


 * Author **: Mrs. McCarran, M.J. Giertych, M. Bąkowski, P. Karolewski, R. Zytkowiak & J. Grzebyta.


 * Sources ** : Goggled: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00926.x