A pest that haunts residents of heavily wooded Maine is spreading rapidly, causing nasty rashes and breathing troubles, while forcing state officials to take action to slow its growth.The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry declared February 2022 Browntail Moth Awareness Month, encouraging residents of the nation’s most forest-covered state to destroy the autumn insect’s habitats as they lay dormant in the winter.The moth defoliates trees and causes humans to break out in a rash that resembles poison ivy, while the hairs of the moth’s caterpillars cause respiratory issues.
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