Jamie Creamer wipes away tears and declares ‘Now I feel awesome’ as the high school marching band plays outside his hospital window and a convoy of buses passes nearby.

The South Portland Historical Society has previously made ornaments of more traditional landmarks like Fisherman’s Point, Bug Light and the city’s World War II-era shipyards.

City officials are working on a plan to fight the invasive insect, while state entomologists plant cocoons of flies they hope will attack the moth caterpillars next spring.