Published July 12, 2012, 12:00 AM

Ready to fly


The ground crew loads some of the pheromone flakes into the applicator plane during the week-long gypsy moth spraying by Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The flakes are distributed in the treatment block and disrupt the male gypsy moth’s ability to locate the female gypsy moths. Contributed Photo
Read the article: State uses biology, airplanes to thwart gypsy moth mating