Most heterocerists (moth researchers) take the view that in the absence of research, this is "pure conjecture," for if the weather causes caterpillar numbers to rocket, it should have the same effect on other insects too.
大部份蛾類研究人員的看法卻是「純屬缺乏研究的臆測之詞」，因為如果天氣造成毛毛蟲增加，其他種類的昆蟲應該也會跟進。