It was May when Mary Lou Yeager first noticed that the trees on her Shermans Dale property weren’t as lively as they used to be. She quickly realized that gypsy moths were the culprit. Yeager called a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced earlier this week plans to stop the spread of an invasive species from the state. The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar), ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ State environmental officials say they have captured a record number of gypsy moths, an exotic insect which defoliates and can eventually kill trees. The Iowa Department of ...

While it's too late to sign up for Perry County's residential gypsy moth spraying program, now is the time to look for egg masses and to hire a private applicator. At the county commissioners' Jan. 12 ...

Jun. 19—WEST CHAZY — The barren landscape at Rockwood Maples in West Chazy looks like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller, a chilling Kafka insect tale or an Agent Orange backdrop. The culprit is not ...

Several years of aerial spraying across Northeastern Minnesota appear to have failed to keep tree-eating gypsy moths from expanding, with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture reporting the number ...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - North Carolina officials will start treatment in May for an infestation of spongy moths in the Waynesville area. Officials said the invasive moths, also known as ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring ...

When the invasive spongy moth is in its caterpillar phase, it isn’t a picky eater. That’s part of the reason the bugs are so destructive. “They eat between [300] and 500 different types of plants,” ...