The gypsy moth is a European species introduced to the United States in Boston during 1869 that eats the leaves of, or defoliates, some 300-500 plants, but it is particularly fond of oaks. While ...

We recently called the town tree department, as well as the Bristol County department, about the gypsy moth or other caterpillar infestation along Elm Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and North Avenue.

Portage - Portage's trees might be in danger of defoliation and eventual death following the discovery last week of an invasive species of moth caterpillar present on the city's northeast side. City ...

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 state Department of Agriculture wants to spray a biological pesticide on 29 acres in Vader this spring to stop an isolated outbreak of destructive moths from spreading. "It's the most moths we've ...

The township shared that spongy moth would pose a serious threat to the local tree canopy by destroying leaves and leaving ...

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 ...

Jun. 19—WEST CHAZY — The barren landscape at Rockwood Maples in West Chazy looks like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller, a chilling Kafka insect tale or an Agent Orange backdrop. The culprit is not ...

Lancaster County commissioners today are expected to decide whether the county will participate in next year's state-run spraying program to control gypsy moth caterpillars. A vote by the board to ...

Low-flying, single-engine planes are doing spraying for gypsy moths this week in western Wisconsin. The invasive moth feeds on the leaves of oaks, maples, crabapple, birch and other species of trees ...

The Entomological Society of America, an organization that oversees bug naming, has dropped the term “gypsy moth,” considered an ethnic slur to the Romani people. This move is the first two for the ...