The emergency quarantine restricts movement of all regulated articles outside of the emergency quarantine zone until the emergency quarantine is lifted. Residents living within the emergency quarantine area must self-inspect any regulated articles. The following is a list of examples of items that should be inspected:
- Lawn and garden equipment
- Outdoor household and patio items
- Recreational vehicles (RVs, campers, ATVs, etc.)
Trees may be pruned but all branches, woodchips and other woody material must stay on the property. Tree bark and branches have the highest risk of having egg masses attached. The emergency quarantine also requires that all outdoor household products, such as patio furniture, trucks, campers, or pallets be inspected to assure the article is free of spongy moth life stages before moving them out of the emergency quarantine zone.
The emergency quarantine restricts movement of all regulated articles outside of the emergency quarantine zone until the emergency quarantine is lifted. Residents living within the emergency quarantine area must self-inspect any regulated articles. The following is a list of examples of items that should be inspected:
- Lawn and garden equipment
- Outdoor household and patio items
- Recreational vehicles (RVs, campers, ATVs, etc.)
Trees may be pruned but all branches, woodchips and other woody material must stay on the property. Tree bark and branches have the highest risk of having egg masses attached. The emergency quarantine also requires that all outdoor household products, such as patio furniture, trucks, campers, or pallets be inspected to assure the article is free of spongy moth life stages before moving them out of the emergency quarantine zone.
It is still rare to find spongy moth in Minnesota, usually the only way they are detected is when lured into survey traps. Other species more commonly found in Minnesota, such as the Forest and Eastern Tent Caterpillars, can be similar-looking to spongy moth.
It is still rare to find spongy moth in Minnesota, usually the only way they are detected is when lured into survey traps. Other species more commonly found in Minnesota, such as the Forest and Eastern Tent Caterpillars, can be similar-looking to spongy moth.
Spongy moth eggs are laid in a fuzzy, tan-colored mass. The egg mass contains 500-1,000 eggs and is about the size of a quarter. Eggs are laid during late summer and hatch the following spring. Egg masses can be found on both living and inanimate objects, including:
- nursery stock
- logs
- roof eaves
- wheel wells
- firewood
- lawn chairs
Egg mass
This is the life stage that is most likely to be transported by humans.
Spongy moth eggs are laid in a fuzzy, tan-colored mass. The egg mass contains 500-1,000 eggs and is about the size of a quarter. Eggs are laid during late summer and hatch the following spring. Egg masses can be found on both living and inanimate objects, including:
- nursery stock
- logs
- roof eaves
- wheel wells
- firewood
- lawn chairs
Egg mass
This is the life stage that is most likely to be transported by humans.
