Q: I have observed fewer gypsy moth infestations in Northeastern forests in recent years. What’s going on? A: The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, has recently been under significant pressure from the ...

Boettner studies the winter moth now, another invasive species whose caterpillars attack trees. In the course of studying winter moth defoliation he took a look at gypsy moth defoliation in areas all ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring ...

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 ...

You shouldn’t see much of the gypsy moth in Northeastern Pennsylvania this summer, or anywhere in the state for that matter. Last week, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources finished ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Agriculture Department is setting nearly 27,000 traps for gypsy moths across eastern Minnesota this spring as part of its annual monitoring program. Unlike the discovery of ...

The state of Washington can’t seem to catch a break this year. The first case of coronavirus in the U.S. was confirmed in Washington. The first sighting of the “murder hornet” was in Washington. Now, ...

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along a partially eaten leaf, one reason they are considered a threat to the nation’s forests. AP Photo/Mel Evans, File A North Carolina county that is home to some of ...

(WSET) — The Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) are joining forest health professionals across the Commonwealth to monitor ...

A North Carolina county that is home to some of the best known wineries on the East Coast has an infestation of gypsy moths and state biologists are taking action to save area forests and prevent ...