The township shared that spongy moth would pose a serious threat to the local tree canopy by destroying leaves and leaving ...

Laura Bailey, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County Natural Resources Educator & Northwest Regional Director of the Master Forest Owner (MFO) Program FINGER LAKES — Currently, in the Finger ...

Mark Boltz-Robinson looks forward to growing apples and berries every year. The fruits go into pies, apple crisps and jams and other goodies that he sends to family in Germany. After the coronavirus ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD (WJW) – The gypsy moth has a new name. The Entomological Society of America voted to formally adopt “spongy moth” as the new common name for the moth species Lymantria dispar. The ...

An invasive insect responsible for stripping the leaves from trees across Pennsylvania, damaging millions of acres of woodland, has a new name. Formerly known as the gypsy moth, species Lymantria ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars have been known to eat 500 different species of plants and trees, but they have some favorites like oak, birch and aspen. Oaks can be especially hit hard, and often perish if ...

Now this bug is winged and woke. The gypsy moth’s name has been scrapped by the country’s leading insect identification group because its scientists say the moniker is an ethnic slur considered ...

Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) on a raspberry leaf closeup(Getty Images/iStockphoto/grannyogrimm) Mark Boltz-Robinson looks forward to growing apples and berries every ...