LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) — The gypsy moth is having a particularly good year in Pennsylvania. That’s particularly bad for trees. “They really like oak,” said Dr. Mark Faulkenberry, an entomologist with the ...

According to a study, insights from the genome of the European gypsy moth may inform pest control strategies. Introduced to North America in the 1860s, the European gypsy moth caterpillar is a ...

Laura Bailey, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County Natural Resources Educator & Northwest Regional Director of the Master Forest Owner (MFO) Program FINGER LAKES — Currently, in the Finger ...

ROCHESTER N.Y. (WHEC) — Let’s answer a good question about a bug takeover. Gypsy Moth caterpillars can sweep through in waves, taking over your yard and stripping leaves from our trees. We’ve had a ...

For the first time since 2002, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has resumed aerial spraying to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in eight counties. The site nearest to Lancaster ...

The Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) are joining forest health professionals to monitor the invasive spongy moth (formerly ...

Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. The virus forces the... How A Clever Virus Kills A Very Hungry Caterpillar Scientists ...

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 ...

Minnesota Department of Agriculture staff on Tuesday spread a fungus around trees at Duluth's Chester Bowl Park in hopes of thwarting a looming gypsy moth infestation. Lucy Hunt, gypsy moth unit ...

The Bay County Gypsy Moth Program had nearly 4,000 acres of infested woodlots treated by aerial spray to control the increasing spread of Gypsy Moths. The woodlots, located in six townships throughout ...

I was looking out the window the other day, and I saw a black caterpillar crawling along the edge of the window frame. I recognized at once what type of caterpillar it was. The gypsy moth caterpillars ...

A virus that kills gypsy moth caterpillars when their population surges, as it has in the Finger Lakes region and elsewhere, appears to be taking its toll on the leaf-eating pests. Here are the signs ...