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 ...

SMYTH COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Federal and state wildlife officials will spray treatments over parts of Southwest Virginia to control the spread of spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths. A release ...

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 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 ...

If you spot low-flying planes over Duluth this week, they're most likely involved in gypsy moth control efforts. Starting Monday and possibly continuing through Friday - depending on weather - the ...

CHICAGO -- A spraying program to control the population of the gypsy moth caterpillar has begun amid questions about the damage the insecticide may have on other species. Illinois agriculture ...

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 ...

A pest that is defoliating our forests is undergoing a name change. In July 2021, the Entomology Society of America no longer approved using “gypsy moth” as an acceptable common name for the ...

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 ...

Aerial spraying to control gypsy moth caterpillars has been proposed for Adams County this spring in order to reduce gypsy moth populations and prevent the caterpillars from defoliating trees in the ...

A seasoned veteran in the war on mosquitoes, entomologist Ben McLaurin takes a clinical approach when battling the winged tormentors of Prince William County. Hiking into the woods near a new ...

BARABOO — The leaf-munching gypsy moth is continuing to spread across Wisconsin, and small yellow spray planes will fly over Devil's Lake this spring to control the pest, a state Department of Natural ...