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 ...

A 2016 Forest Service report said the program nationally slowed the gypsy moth’s rate of spread by more than 60 percent, from an average of 13 miles per year to less than 5 miles per year, reducing ...

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 ...

The largest organization of insect experts in the world is dropping its common names for two insects — the gypsy moth and gypsy ant — because it says the names are inappropriate and offensive. The ...

Gypsy moth caterpillar populations remain low in New Jersey, Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced recently. The state Department of Agriculture's annual gypsy moth aerial defoliation ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state’s never-ending attack against the invasive gypsy moth will resume in a couple of weeks in Wisconsin. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced on Wednesday that ...

Natural fungus kills caterpillars once they reach cocoon stage, and before they turn into moths and lay eggs. Andy Duncan spent Friday morning in a helicopter flying over Luzerne, Wyoming and ...

State, county and city officials stressed vigilance and education as keys to preventing the gypsy moth infestation discovered on Portage's northeast side from escalating to damaging levels at a public ...