Gypsy moth caterpillars were so bad this year that droppings from their constant leaf munching left a coat of “green slime” on Jeff Kunkle’s driveway. There were times the Slatington ...

Not surprisingly, given the amount of foliage they consume, they also generate large quantities of excrement ... Elkinton says the last serious gypsy moth infestation happened in 1981.

Even in a non-outbreak year, they add, gypsy moth caterpillars can be an outright nuisance, "from the sights of caterpillars climbing the sides of residences and falling excrement — to the ...

Bill Wood says he's lived in Ann Arbor off and on for 71 years, and this year he's concerned Tree Town may end up becoming Bare Branch City.

In addition, the rusty-colored caterpillar droppings can stain. With a high reproductive rate and no natural predators in Michigan, the gypsy moth caterpillars feed on trees and foliage all season ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars and their droppings coating his Ledyard neighborhood last spring. “You’d have about two or three inches coming off the curb — it was dead gypsy moths. So if you went ...

“We got decimated in parts of our community,” said Chris Koetzle, supervisor of Glenville in Schenectady County, who cited homeowners combating caterpillar droppings on patios, creatures ...

The large conspicuous webs contain caterpillars, dead partially eaten leaves and fecal droppings ... is more destructive than the European gypsy moth caterpillar is in the U.S. The European ...

In areas with high-density gypsy moth populations, the caterpillar hairs and droppings may cause severe allergic reactions, the state says. The treatment will be done in cooperation with the U.S ...

Frass, or caterpillar droppings, rain down from the trees. Gypsy moth caterpillars crawl on a tree outside London, Ont, in 2020. (Travis Dolynny/CBC) The City of London tries to combat the moth ...

The tea made with excrement from gypsy moth larvae that ate apple leaves had a pleasant taste, and the brew made by feeding leaves of the Japanese blue oak -- which grow acorns -- to lobster moths ...