The Bay County Gypsy Moth Program had nearly 4,000 acres of infested woodlots treated by aerial spray to control the increasing spread of Gypsy Moths. The woodlots, located in six townships throughout ...

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 ...

Aerial spraying to control gypsy moth caterpillars has been proposed for Adams County this spring in order to reduce gypsy moth populations and prevent the caterpillars from defoliating trees in the ...

Prince William County officials have launched an aggressive spraying and monitoring program to fight squads of gypsy moths that have infested thousands of acres of trees in the county's western end.

Each gypsy moth egg mass can contain as many as 500 eggs. When the eggs hatch, caterpillars that grow two inches long emerge, defoliating the trees and obliterating the ground beneath them with ...

Small planes will likely be spraying a natural pesticide over southwestern Sauk County today and Devil's Lake State Park during the weekend as state agencies battle tree-munching gypsy moths, a ...

Prince William is back at war with the rascally gypsy moth, a voracious, leaf-munching scourge that looks like a mustache and eats like an elephant. Public works officials began an "aerial suppression ...

If you spot low-flying planes over Duluth this week, they're most likely involved in gypsy moth control efforts. Starting Monday and possibly continuing through Friday - depending on weather - the ...

The state of Wisconsin is about to take the next step in eliminating a harmful pest. Starting in late June, the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will begin another round ...

A March 8 letter -- "Chemical poisons overused in controlling insects" -- expressed concern about proposed gypsy moth treatments along the North Shore. Since the writer was from the Twin Cities, she ...