SFU expert on moth outbreak

CONTACT:

Gerhard Gries, Biological Sciences, gries@sfu.ca

Melissa Shaw, communications and marketing, 236.880.3297, melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

Great numbers of Western hemlock looper moths have been spotted across Metro Vancouver. SFU professor Gerhard Gries, who holds an NSERC-Industrial Research Chair in Multimodal Animal Communication Ecology, is available to provide insight on these insects and why we are seeing this outbreak occur.

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