If you've noticed an abundance of hungry black caterpillars devouring your trees or crawling around on your patio, you may be dealing with an invasion of spongy moths. These insects, formerly called ...

Boettner studies the winter moth now, another invasive species whose caterpillars attack trees. In the course of studying winter moth defoliation he took a look at gypsy moth defoliation in areas all ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Low-flying yellow planes will soon spray a pheromone treatment over tree canopies in Upper Arlington and Hilliard. Scientists renamed the gypsy moth to spongy moth last summer, ...

BALLSTON SPA — Deb Langlois can't use her backyard this year. Spongy moth caterpillars – formerly known as gypsy moths – have taken over, denuding her trees and defecating so much "it sounds like rain ...