The light brown apple moth may not be the voracious crop threat portrayed by state and federal agricultural officials, according to some scientists who also warn that the aerial spraying of a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Monday the start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar, formerly known ...

Minnesota is the nation’s hotspot for a wave of invasive moths moving across the U.S., agricultural experts said. State ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Monday the start of aerial spraying of state-owned woodlands to combat the spread of spongy moths populations poised for ...

While the name of the target insect has been changed to spongy moth, from the familiar gypsy moth, the attack remains much the same - aerial spraying – and it’s getting underway right on schedule. The ...

Summer is almost upon us, and with it comes an influx of spongy moths. To prepare, two Centre County municipalities will spray to help protect local foliage from the invasive pest. Formerly known as a ...

Insect pests: Natural-born moth killers INSECT pests aren't just a garden problem. We are in the grip of an indoor epidemic of clothes moths. Ever since natural fibres came back in vogue, moth larvae ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) announced plans for a near statewide effort to control the spongy moth, an invasive insect. In a press release, PGC Chief Forester Paul ...

We decide whether to spray for buck moth caterpillars based on how large the population was in your trees last spring, adult populations observed in the fall, the observation of many caterpillar ...

A rural area in Cowlitz County, Wash., likely will be showered with an organic pesticide in the spring to kill gypsy moths emerging as caterpillars, according to the state Department of Agriculture.

Scientists are preparing to start trials of the world's first genetically modified insect, an unnatural born killer moth that will fly over cotton fields, passing a deadly gene on to its pestilent kin ...