Mothballs only help prevent spiders by keeping one of their food sources (moths) away. Here's how experts actually recommend ...

Key Points Mothballs are most effective at deterring clothes moths and their larvae.Beyond clothes moths, mothballs do not repel most pests and animals.To use mothballs safely and effectively, always ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

A bioengineered oilseed plant can produce a moth sex pheromone molecule used to control insect pests. Pheromones are chemical signals that cause a behavioural response in members of the same or ...

LONDON - Scientists in Britain say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an invasive species of moth that causes serious pest damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other ...

The moth menace becomes noticeably high in April when people start sporting their spring clothes or throwing away old ones -Credit:Patrick Clement A 'quick and easy' natural cleaning method can help ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It's a pesticide-free ...

Reader question: Is the gypsy moth under control in city parks, or does it remain a concern? Are aerial sprayings of insecticide still being done? It seems most of the attention has switched to the ...

Insect experts across the nation agreed to change the name of a common invasive pest to end the longtime use of an ethnic slur. The Entomological Society of America on Wednesday, March 2, announced ...

Farmers are hoping for a cool, wet spring to halt a three-year population explosion of a pest which has the potential to ...