Pandora pinemoth populations erupt to defoliate pines
I had stopped at the little town of Big Water, Utah, just west of Lake Powell, to fill up on gas for the trip over Smoky Mountain to Escalante.Ìý
I was amazed to see a dense population of large purple and grey moths at the gas station. The attendant told me that the moths had appeared in the middle of the night, attracted to the bright lights high over the gas pumps.Ìý
The large lampposts, 30 feet tall and a foot in diameter, had been completely covered with moths. Some of the moths had left as the day brighte