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“Theater people are vagabonds, wandering gypsies,” he writes.

"We deeply regret any distress caused, particularly to members of the traveller and gypsy communities who have been directly affected," the company added.

Heat-treating wood, for example, can also help ward off the gypsy moth, spotted lanternfly and the Asian long-horned beetle, Tamm said.

Washington has had success over the past five decades in detecting and eradicating the pests — formerly known as gypsy moths.

Looking on were the usual suspects of Rio’s Carnival scene: revelers dressed as folkloric characters, jaguars, gypsies and ‘bate-bolas’ – exuberant clowns in identical, elaborate outfits who travel in packs.