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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners to help fight spongy moths — formerly known as gypsy moths. Spongy moths pose a serious threat to oaks, as well as ...

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 ...

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 ...

TRENTON – The annual New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s statewide gypsy moth aerial defoliation survey showed 1,068 acres of trees in 21 municipalities received moderate to heavy damage this year ...

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 ...

A gypsy moth larva crawls along a leaf. United States Department of Agriculture In the late 1860s, an amateur entomologist named Etienne Trouvelot accidentally released the Eurasian gypsy moth, a ...