The bacterial insecticide — nontoxic to people, animals and bees — can only be applied during a short period in the spring, ...

Placing sticky barriers or traps around tree trunks will capture ... seek medical advice if you do have a reaction. Gypsy moth caterpillars, or spongy moth caterpillars, can cause damage in ...

There is only a small window of time in the spring when the pesticide is effective at killing the invasive caterpillars — ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy moths, which can cause the most harm to local trees.

"gypsy moth," was removed due to its use of a derogatory term for the Romani people. The change is the first undertaken by ESA's Better Common Names Project. Shown here is a spongy moth larva.

Federal funding delays is impacting the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and their response to limiting the spread of ...

Spongy moths are a destructive and invasive forest pest whose presence threatens forest health, according to the MDA.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture planned to apply an insecticide called Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to forests.

The invasive insect, formerly called the gypsy moth, has established itself in the commonwealth and its numbers fluctuate. This year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will spend $2.4 million to ...

Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties have been scrapped after the federal funding for the aerial treatments didn’t come through. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture planned to apply an insecticide called Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to forests. But ...