Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groups of gypsy moth caterpillars crawl around a tree near Kenockee Township resident Laura Hahn's home. A round of aerial ...

Gypsy moths were introduced in Massachusetts more than a century ago. The caterpillars can defoliate, weaken and kill more than 300 different species of trees and shrubs, according to the USDA. Since ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Monday the start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar, formerly known ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Low-flying yellow planes will soon spray a pheromone treatment over tree canopies in Upper Arlington and Hilliard. Scientists renamed the gypsy moth to spongy moth last summer, ...