In June 2014, and again in June 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) found one Asian Gypsy Moth in North Charleston – one just off the ...

It was May when Mary Lou Yeager first noticed that the trees on her Shermans Dale property weren’t as lively as they used to be. She quickly realized that gypsy moths were the culprit. Yeager called a ...

The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) remains one of the most intensively studied forest pests due to its dynamic population fluctuations and wide-ranging ecological impacts. Its outbreaks not only lead ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners to help fight spongy moths — formerly known as gypsy moths. Spongy moths pose a serious threat to oaks, as well as ...

A gypsy moth larva crawls along a leaf. United States Department of Agriculture In the late 1860s, an amateur entomologist named Etienne Trouvelot accidentally released the Eurasian gypsy moth, a ...

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 ...

GYPSY-MOTH CATERPILLAR is often confused with the eastern tent caterpillar. Unlike the eastern tent, the gypsy moth does not form webs (tents) in tree crotches. While still very small, this ...

MONTAGUE - A low-flying airplane will be over areas of the township early Wednesday morning spraying for what are now known as spongy moth caterpillars. The areas are to receive a liquid spray over ...

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified infestations of spongy moth in seven counties across North Carolina, including Rowan, that it anticipates treating in 2026. […] ...