COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Low-flying yellow planes will soon spray a pheromone treatment over tree canopies in Upper Arlington and Hilliard. Scientists renamed the gypsy moth to spongy moth last summer, ...

Boettner studies the winter moth now, another invasive species whose caterpillars attack trees. In the course of studying winter moth defoliation he took a look at gypsy moth defoliation in areas all ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The City of Grand Rapids Forestry division is asking for help from residents in controlling the population of spongy moths (formerly known as “gypsy moths”) to protect the city’s ...

BALLSTON SPA — Deb Langlois can't use her backyard this year. Spongy moth caterpillars – formerly known as gypsy moths – have taken over, denuding her trees and defecating so much "it sounds like rain ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan tree owners sick of caterpillar droppings raining down on them may get some reprieve this year. James Wieferich, forest health specialist with the Michigan ...

Imagine stepping into your back yard and finding a beautiful oak tree without leaves in the middle of July. That is what happens when the gypsy moths invade. They make zombies look cute. There's a ...

First, it was the spotted lanternfly wreaking havoc and killing trees and shrubbery in Bucks County and throughout Pennsylvania. Now, there's another invasive species chewing through vast numbers of ...