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 ...

CHICAGO -- A spraying program to control the population of the gypsy moth caterpillar has begun amid questions about the damage the insecticide may have on other species. Illinois agriculture ...

Feb. 22—There's a newly discovered spongy moth outbreak in Haywood County that could prove devastating for forests. Previously, the moth had infested the Cruso area, prompting aerial spraying to stem ...

The fungus attacks the gypsy moth like a zombie virus for caterpillars. If its spores burrow into a young gypsy moth caterpillar they will kill it, subsequently growing spores on the caterpillar's ...

Aerial spraying to control gypsy moth caterpillars has been proposed for Adams County this spring in order to reduce gypsy moth populations and prevent the caterpillars from defoliating trees in the ...

How do you keep a gypsy moth infestation at bay? You sexually frustrate the males until they die. That’s the strategy used by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ...

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 ...

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 ...