BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 16, 2024
December through March is prime time to start clipping the webs of browntail moths, the pesky creatures that shed poison hairs as caterpillars and cause painful rashes for people. It is a timeframe when the moths, clustered in the white webs they weave at the tips of branches, lie protected until spring, when they emerge as brown caterpillars with orange dots near their rear end. It is a good time to kill them before they can do damage.