Jun. 19—WEST CHAZY — The barren landscape at Rockwood Maples in West Chazy looks like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller, a chilling Kafka insect tale or an Agent Orange backdrop. The culprit is not ...

Gypsy moths eat the leaves of 300-500 types of trees and shrubs; oak, hickory and willow leaves are favorites. Gypsy moth caterpillars grow from 1/16 of an inch long at hatching to about 2 inches as ...

The recently renamed spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, formerly known as the gypsy moth, remains a real threat to hardwoods in northern and northeastern Indiana. Purdue Extension has a website dedicated ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. (WWLP) – In 2017, western Massachusetts saw a massive outbreak of spongy moth caterpillars, formerly known as Gypsy moth caterpillars, and to this day local forests are still recovering ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Last year’s dry spring, coupled with the recent stretch of dry ...

In the early years of the twentieth century, New England was invaded, and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths – and their caterpillars – that had ...

Contrary to what is generally assumed, the diversity of qualitative chemicals among species of eastern deciduous forest trees is high. Qualitative defenses (e.g., alkaloids) that supplement ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Last year’s dry spring, coupled with the recent stretch of dry weather, has helped to fuel the resurgence across parts of southern New England of the gypsy moth caterpillar, a ...