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By Blair Anthony Robertson, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. May 29--Mike Savino has been a member of the Sierra Club for 39 years. He is also a founding member of a group devoted to saving sandhill cranes. He often treks deep into the woods, erecting or repairing wood duck nesting. Until recently, he drove a car that ran on vegetable oil. When he retired from his state job six years ago, he designed his schedule around his array of environmental activities. So how come a guy like Savino is getting...
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The Ailanthus webworm (Atteva punctella) is an Ermine moth found commonly in the United States. There origin of the Ailanthus webworm is clouded in uncertainty, but it is thought to be native to South Florida and the American tropics, with the original larval host plant, the Paradise Tree (Simarouba glauca). Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), a tree originally from China, has been widely introduced and Atteva punctella has jumped to this new host plant (giving it its common name,...
