Talk:Winter moth

I added Maine to list of US states in which it is now found...
...based on this Portland Press Herald article:http://www.pressherald.com/news/experts-destructive-winter-moths-are-spreading_2012-12-09.html. But I don't know how to cite it in the article itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.53.160 (talk) 03:22, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, I cited it. Thanks for providing the reference.--Brambleshire (talk) 05:42, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Did not at first believe also in Pacific northwest, but there is enough mention in mainstream media. Maybe need a ref for that? David notMD (talk) 14:08, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Now has ref David notMD (talk) 14:19, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Egg hatch timing
An interesting and much-researched question is how egg hatch is synchronized with bud-break (the beginnings of leaf and flower bud hydration and growth). Is it number of relatively warm days? Longer sunlight per day? And for that matter, how do plants decide? For the moment, the article states that not only is hatch temperature driven, but that there is an ongoing evolutionary change to compensate for warmer spring weather, because what was happening was that majority of eggs were hatching before bud break but only the minority with genes dictating a slower response were surviving. David notMD (talk) 13:01, 10 December 2017 (UTC)