the gypsy moth caterpillars came out today by the statue of linnaeus who first named them. he also named the racial types. they've been reclassified 3 times (the moths), so the designation of gypsy keeps changing, according to who is considered the worst pest perhaps. nt an expert, mind. we blame nature for the imbalance we create, and call the adaptations pests when we are the pestilent ones making life ever less diverse and ever more precarious, for natives and immigrants. when one species invades and takes over, we are all in big trouble, gnome sane.