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May 4, 2016

Gypsy moth spray done; traps are next

OLYMPIA (AP) — State agricultural officials have finished spraying parts of Western Washington to kill leaf-eating gypsy moths. Now, they plan to set out thousands of traps this summer to see whether those treatments worked.

The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday completed the last of 21 treatments that began about two weeks ago. The state has sprayed a biological insecticide over 10,500 acres across Puget Sound, including Seattle's Capitol Hill, Lacey, Tacoma, Nisqually and Vancouver.


 
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