First, it was the spotted lanternfly wreaking havoc and killing trees and shrubbery in Bucks County and throughout Pennsylvania. Now, there's another invasive species chewing through vast numbers of ...

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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has proposed treating more than 17,000 acres of forest land in the state, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MOHAWK VALLEY — You probably have seen them everywhere the last couple of weeks — white and brown moths fluttering everywhere — landing in bodies of water, on sides of homes, cars and trees — as they ...