The beetle that's eating Worcester

Daily Worcesteria photographs the first tree in Worcester taken down because it's infested with the dread Asian Longhorned Beetle - which Channel 4 reports could cost $100 million to eradicate from the city.

Bonus fun Massachusetts bug invasion fact: Gypsy moths were introduced to the U.S. by a Medford resident who thought he could use the cocoons spun by their caterpillars to replace silk. He was wrong and the caterpillars, of course, turned into moths and flew away.

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