SENSITIVE INVERTEBRATE PROFILE

Answer: European _starling_s (or: _Sturnus_ vulgaris) (10) Several specimens of this insect pest were accidentally released. in Medford, MA in 1869 by Leopold Trouvelot, a French astronomer who wanted. to use them to start a silk industry. They have decimated deciduous forests, defoliating as many as 13 million acres in the US in a single season. ................
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