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 ...

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 ...

Monroe County is one of 16 Slow the Spread treatment sites for gypsy moth spraying that will begin this May. There are nine specific sites located in Monroe county, covering over 2,500 acres. Nine ...

The state’s never-ending attack against the invasive gypsy moth will resume in a couple of weeks in Wisconsin. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced on Wednesday that ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Agricultural officials are preparing to launch their largest air war ever to protect the forests of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin against gypsy moths. In the wake ...

BOW, Wash. (AP) — Invasive insects are a threat that can come from anywhere. The insects could be transported on a young tree on its way to a nursery, they could be transported in dirt clinging to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The spread of gypsy moths is alarming Iowa officials, who fear the tree damage done by the moths' caterpillar stage. The Des Moines Register says a record 2,260 male gypsy ...

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 ...

Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. The virus forces the... How A Clever Virus Kills A Very Hungry Caterpillar Scientists ...

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 ...