If you've noticed an abundance of hungry black caterpillars devouring your trees or crawling around on your patio, you may be dealing with an invasion of spongy moths. These insects, formerly called ...

Boettner studies the winter moth now, another invasive species whose caterpillars attack trees. In the course of studying winter moth defoliation he took a look at gypsy moth defoliation in areas all ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Low-flying yellow planes will soon spray a pheromone treatment over tree canopies in Upper Arlington and Hilliard. Scientists renamed the gypsy moth to spongy moth last summer, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan tree owners sick of caterpillar droppings raining down on them may get some reprieve this year. James Wieferich, forest health specialist with the Michigan ...

Town of Tonawanda officials have advised residents living in the area between Woodland Drive and Woodcrest Boulevard that they may need to take action against gypsy moths, notorious insects whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First, it was the spotted lanternfly wreaking havoc and killing trees and shrubbery in Bucks County and throughout Pennsylvania.

How do you keep a gypsy moth infestation at bay? You sexually frustrate the males until they die. That’s the strategy used by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ...

DULUTH — Entomologists have changed the name of the gypsy moth to the spongy moth, but the battle against the forest-munching invaders will continue this summer with aerial spraying in eastern ...