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spruce budwormnounThe brown caterpillar of a small North American moth which is a serious pest of spruce and other conifers.- Choristoneura fumiferana, family Tortricidae.
Without these insect eaters, there would likely be more severe outbreaks of spruce budworms, which could devastate both commercially and recreationally important forests throughout the northern Midwest....- In a 1940 report, he drew attention to the damaging effect of the spruce budworm in the Miramichi region during the epidemic of the 1920s.
- In New Brunswick, the spraying of the spruce budworm began in 1952 as a short-term containment strategy.
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