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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The City of Grand Rapids Forestry division is asking for help from residents in controlling the population of spongy moths (formerly known as “gypsy moths”) to protect the city’s ...

After dry weather and drought earlier this summer contributed to the worst outbreak of gypsy moths the Burlington area has seen in 30 years, experts say the pests have surpassed leaf-munching season, ...

The historic infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars has now spread across large swaths of the Finger Lakes and North Country regions of New York, munching leaves and leaving behind countless acres of ...

The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) was one of the most serious insect pests of our eastern forests. It is a native of Europe, Asia and North Africa. A French scientist hoping to produce a new race of ...

For the first time since 2002, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has resumed aerial spraying to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in eight counties. The site nearest to Lancaster ...

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 ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A plague of gypsy moth caterpillars is munching its way across Upstate New York, turning verdant shade trees into brown skeletons, coating decks and picnic tables with feces, ...

They killed tons of trees in Connecticut last year, and this year they're expected to do the same. Dark looking caterpillars that start to feed on leaves and trees, they eventually turn into a moth.