Spongy moths, formally known as gypsy moths, are ravenous feeders that make trees weaker and more susceptible to other issues. For that reason, The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced earlier this week plans to stop the spread of an invasive species from the state. The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar), ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is planning to treat areas in nine western Wisconsin counties for spongy month next month. Spongy moth ...

While addressing weed control and pressing agronomic issues is a farmers’ priority during the growing season, ensuring adjacent wetlands and riparian buffer zones within crop fields are healthy and ...

(WLUK) -- Wildlife officials will be spraying three state parks for invasive species in the next month to protect trees in campgrounds and other recreational areas. The Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

When the invasive spongy moth is in its caterpillar phase, it isn’t a picky eater. That’s part of the reason the bugs are so destructive. “They eat between three and five hundred different types of ...

KENT COUNTY, MI - A local proposal would increase a millage that aims to suppress, monitor and control the invasive spongy moths in Lowell Charter Township. “Spongy moths pose a serious threat to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spongy moth caterpillar on a dead branch. (Washington State Department of Agriculture) When the invasive spongy moth is in its ...