The Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) are joining forest health professionals to monitor the invasive spongy moth (formerly ...

RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified infestations of spongy moth in seven counties across North Carolina, including Rowan, that it anticipates treating in ...

I was looking out the window the other day, and I saw a black caterpillar crawling along the edge of the window frame. I recognized at once what type of caterpillar it was. The gypsy moth caterpillars ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. (WWLP) – In 2017, western Massachusetts saw a massive outbreak of spongy moth caterpillars, formerly known as Gypsy moth caterpillars, and to this day local forests are still recovering ...

The recently renamed spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, formerly known as the gypsy moth, remains a real threat to hardwoods in northern and northeastern Indiana. Purdue Extension has a website dedicated ...

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 ...

Q: I have observed fewer gypsy moth infestations in Northeastern forests in recent years. What’s going on? A: The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, has recently been under significant pressure from the ...

Prince William is back at war with the rascally gypsy moth, a voracious, leaf-munching scourge that looks like a mustache and eats like an elephant. Public works officials began an "aerial suppression ...

Spongy moth feces is seen on Deb Langlois' grill in her backyard Monday, June 6, 2022 in Ballston Spa, N.Y. Palenville resident Sourabh Bora first noticed a spongy moth caterpillar infestation in his ...

Scientists say they have figured out how a very clever virus outwits a very hungry caterpillar. The caterpillar is the gypsy moth in its larval stage, and the invasive species damages roughly a ...