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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The browntail moth population continues to collapse along Maine's southern coast, according to surveys of the insects' webs.
Surveys in January and February confirm last summer's observations that the browntail population appeared to be in decline. The survey results are good news in the Casco Bay region, where infestations have caused health problems for several years.
State forest officials surveyed southern Maine woodlands over the winter and found few browntail moth winter nests where they had previously found thousands, said Charlene Donahue, a Maine Forest Service entomologist. Many of the nests were diseased or held parasites.
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