Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. The virus forces the... How A Clever Virus Kills A Very Hungry Caterpillar Scientists ...

They are back! A Clinton County resident contacted the Michigan State University Extension Lawn and Garden Hotline to report heavy caterpillar feeding in maples, pines and apple trees. A few trees had ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your property wasn’t included in the areas of Luzerne County that will be sprayed for gypsy moths this year, you have options. Andy Gegaris, county director of parks and recreation, said his office ...

Scientists say they have figured out how a very clever virus outwits a very hungry caterpillar. The caterpillar is the gypsy moth in its larval stage, and the invasive species damages roughly a ...

County’s spraying will be limited, but land owners can get the job done themselves. Gypsy moth caterpillar on a tree in Bear Creek Township. Pete G. Wilcox/the times leader If your property wasn’t ...

Gypsy moth caterpillar populations remain low in New Jersey, Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced recently. The state Department of Agriculture's annual gypsy moth aerial defoliation ...

Several years of aerial spraying across Northeastern Minnesota appear to have failed to keep tree-eating gypsy moths from expanding, with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture reporting the number ...

The 2018 gypsy moth trapping season has ended and results are in: 76,447 moths were caught in 10,748 traps set in Wisconsin this summer as part of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...