A version of this story first appeared in the Morning Update newsletter. Sign up here to receive the Morning Update and other BDN newsletters directly in your inbox. Populations of spruce bud worms have exploded northern Maine, and it has disastrous implications for the North Maine Woods if the outbreak is not contained or eradicated. Credit: Leela Stockley / BDN Composite; Images courtesy of Neil ThompsonInsect specialists are taking a new approach to help eradicate a pest that could decimate the North Maine Woods. The last outbreak damaged more than half a million acres of northern Maine trees.