Hopewell Township residents can breathe a sigh of relief: a recent survey by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) found no major infestations of the spongy moth (Lymantria dispar), an ...

Most people recognize the brown-and-black striped woolly bear caterpillars crawling around these days, but late summer and early fall bring out more than one species of furry crawlers. Among the ...

PORTAGE | Fickle spring weather has delayed the spraying of some 765 acres in the central portion of the city for gypsy moths until early or mid-May. Earlier this month, the Indiana Department of ...

METRO DETROIT — For those who have been to the farther reaches of the region in the summer, a few odd sights stand out to the keen eye. Crop dusters flying low in the morning hours. Bands of burlap or ...

Although I wrote about this phenomenon a few years ago, I’m revisiting the subject now because they have returned. The ‘they’ consists of masses of catalpa hornworms currently consuming the leaves of ...

In an unprecedented move that sounds like the basis for a good horror movie, the state Department of Natural Resources is temporarily closing Rocky Arbor State Park near Wisconsin Dells because of an ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will soon begin aerial treatments to control populations of the Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth), an invasive species in Ohio. Treatments will be applied in ...

Courtesy Photo provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Approximately 20 spongy moth caterpillars climbing on a tree trunk, with four stuck to a band of blue tape wrapped around the ...

CARLTON COUNTY — As spongy moths, an invasive species that defoliates forests, continue their westward pursuit, Carlton County has become ground zero in Minnesota’s effort to scale back the ...

Winona County is on the front lines of Minnesota’s efforts to combat spongy moths, an invasive caterpillar that defoliates forests. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) was planning to treat ...