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.

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.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced its gypsy moth monitoring program caught almost 28,000 moths this year – more than twice the previous high of 12,000 moths caught in 2008.

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 ...