It's no secret that dealing with pests in the backyard is part and parcel of being a gardener. It can be a nuisance to see curious critters takeover your carefully curated planting and cause damage.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is urging Pennsylvania’s forest landowners and woodlot owners to start planning now for spongy moth treatment this spring to protect their ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate large sections of forest, with oak, poplar, birch and willow among their preferred hosts. MDA monitors for the pests each year by attaching thousands of ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of many trees and shrubs, favoring oak, poplar, birch and willow. Severe, repeated infestations can kill trees, especially when the trees are already ...

It is not just vegetables that are susceptible to caterpillars. Gypsy moth caterpillars cause damage to many trees, including oak, apple, birch, and willow. Discover how to deal with these ...

Spongy moth caterpillars are wreaking havoc in wooded lots and forests across Pennsylvania. But the good news is populations appear to be dwindling. It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners’ help fighting spongy moths (formerly ...

One of the most ruthless bugs that have damaged countless trees in and around New York State might be absent for the first time in years.

Kate Evans Morgan County landowners who signed up for the spongy moth (gypsy moth) suppression program won’t likely see any ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 584-589 (6 pages) The residual pheromone content of laminated plastic, pheromone-dispensing tapes impregnated with (+)-disparlure, the sex ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy moths, which can cause the most harm to local trees.