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.

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.

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.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) sprayed about 1,500 acres last week in Hennepin, Anoka and Washington counties in an effort to eradicate gypsy moth infestations. A second aerial ...

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 ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has proposed treating more than 17,000 acres of forest land in the state, ...

Louis, Lake, Cook and Carlton Counties, including the cities of Duluth, Proctor, Beaver Bay, Finland and Tofte this upcoming week in an effort to control gypsy moth infestations. The treatments ...

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 ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is proposing aerial treatment of approximately 17,328 acres for the purpose of reducing significant impacts to forested lands within West ...

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

Long-term tests with gypsy moths and nun moths Different versions of the trap are currently being tested for gypsy and nun ...

The Lymantria dispar, or spongy/gypsy moth, was introduced to North America in 1869 at Medford, Mass., where it was used in a failed silk-production experiment.