I read your story in Sunday’s paper about browntail moths and the service provided by Eben Mann with his drone clipping service to remove the nests in the trees (“Browntail moth threat eases in capital region, but remains a threat elsewhere in Maine,” Jan. 7). I have hired Mann to do the same thing twice at our home on Great Pond in Belgrade.

It was a huge surprise to learn how many nests we had in the first year because we lacked knowledge of the topic; we had never seen a photo of what the nest looked like. I must offer support for Mann’s ability to cut the nests out of the tree and to provide them to me so I could burn them.

I have to tell the readers that these moths had already become moths in the first year in order to spread their presence on our property, which happened by doubling the number we found the next year. We immediately called Mann and he scheduled a return trip. He succeeded in the second removal, but only on my property. Other properties on the road also have nests, but nobody has scheduled their removal.

Without removal this will cause a repeat of the spreading of the moths back onto all adjacent lands. We have notified all owners on our road, but they are unaware of the need to remove nests from their land to prevent the spreading of the moths.

 

Paul Lessard

Belgrade Lakes

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