It's no secret that dealing with pests in the backyard is part and parcel of being a gardener. It can be a nuisance to see curious critters takeover your carefully curated planting and cause damage.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is proposing aerial treatment of approximately 17,328 acres for the purpose of reducing significant impacts to forested lands within West ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners’ help fighting spongy moths (formerly ...

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.

One of the most ruthless bugs that have damaged countless trees in and around New York State might be absent for the first time in years.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) sprayed about 1,500 acres last week in Hennepin, Anoka and Washington counties in an effort to eradicate gypsy moth infestations. A second aerial ...

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is urging Pennsylvania’s forest landowners and woodlot owners to start planning now for spongy moth treatment this spring to protect their ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced its gypsy moth monitoring program caught almost 28,000 moths this year – more than twice the previous high of 12,000 moths caught in 2008.

The Lymantria dispar, or spongy/gypsy moth, was introduced to North America in 1869 at Medford, Mass., where it was used in a failed silk-production experiment.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has proposed treating more than 17,000 acres of forest land in the state, a move that it says is the “only way” to slow the negative ...