The gypsy moth is a European species introduced to the United States in Boston during 1869 that eats the leaves of, or defoliates, some 300-500 plants, but it is particularly fond of oaks. While ...

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 ...

Financial woes forced 30 municipalities to opt out of the Garden State's insecticide program for gypsy moths, an annual tree-ravaging pest. But many other communities still plan to treat their land, ...

The problem was brought up by a resident at the last Pittsgrove Township Committee meeting. All along Route 40, trees can be seen with massive amounts of defoliation done to them because of these ...

Sometimes you have to get up early to get a jump on the enemy. It was just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, and Vicki Feigi had been on a hill south of Tomah for more than two hours when her cell phone rang.

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will coordinate a 2009 spray program to help control gypsy moth infestations. Woodlot owners who have evidence of a gypsy moth problem may call the ...

To help Columbia County residents become more aware of the gypsy moth problem in the area, and to educate them on how to identify the insects, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and several ...

Portage - Portage's trees might be in danger of defoliation and eventual death following the discovery last week of an invasive species of moth caterpillar present on the city's northeast side. City ...

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 ...

The gypsy moths that destroyed or severely damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of trees throughout the state for about a century have virtually disappeared in South Jersey. An aerial survey ...

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 ...