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Turkey combats caterpillars feeding on beech in west

Turkey initiated efforts to combat red tail caterpillars that emerged in a forest area in the west, according to a regional forest director on Friday.

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As a third method, they also destroy the caterpillar's eggs on the trees and collect the pupa -- in which the caterpillar spends the winter -- from the surface of the soil, Akın said. "Hopefully, we will have much better results here next June with these three strategies we have adopted," he said.