Show P PARASITE dF dF F GIPSY MOTH ATTACKS MANY ANY OTHER HOSTS that times expressed Fear is son the of o insect parasites danger danger- dangerous dangerous the of controlling fog fOJ purpose will ous foreign ins ts is in this country the natural balance change or ups already here There is no foundation for uch fear if the which has of one t parasite been stud I 1 i that relation can be bc betaken taken as an in of all ot others rs Department of says the the Unite States Agriculture Among the n ny parasites import import- imported imported ed and ed for control or of the tail brown moth gipsy moth an the is a 1 fl 11 u which has become well established Eight years sears of study of this p by the department depart depart- department ment have failed to in- in indicate indicate anything t td the wel welI welfare welfare fare of nat native e by its intro intro- introduction introduction I and es except an 11 1 occasional scar 01 nu 1 mI I brought about y its successful work does docs not This scarcity o 0 this material appear to be f enough importance however to m mn change or up- up upset upset up upset set the natural balance already exist exist- existing existing existing ing ing- inthis inthis in inthis Furthermore from data obtained this study and rom what can be surmised surmised sur- sur it seem very clear clear- that the addition of this parasite to the fauna of this country las as been of great bene benefit benefit fit It has bee found to attack lie iio less than 92 02 D of native injurious injurious Lious ious insects other than those for which it was an and it has has so thor thor- thoroughly thoroughly d itself tew in New England Eng Eng- England land that it is n w able to act as auto auto- automatically as an native species whose mission is that f a controlling agent a |