HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Monday the start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar, formerly known ...

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), ...

Residents of 21 central and western Wisconsin counties can expect to hear and see loud, low-flying planes as early as sunrise, depending on weather conditions, starting in May. Small, yellow planes ...

MONTAGUE - A low-flying airplane will be over areas of the township early Wednesday morning spraying for what are now known as spongy moth caterpillars. The areas are to receive a liquid spray over ...

The gypsy moth is a European species introduced to the United States in Boston during 1869 that eats the leaves of, or defoliates, some 300-500 plants, but it is particularly fond of oaks. While ...

Summer is almost upon us, and with it comes an influx of spongy moths. To prepare, two Centre County municipalities will spray to help protect local foliage from the invasive pest. Formerly known as a ...

It won’t be a good summer for gypsy moths in Luzerne County. Not only will the foliage-eating caterpillars face an onslaught of spraying, the population continues to decline because of a fungus. Andy ...

The Berks County Conservation District is looking to help control a pesky population. The 2008 Gypsy Moth Suppression Program begins next week. It'll consist of spraying in several areas, including ...

A lack of federal dollars and the rapid spread of gypsy moths made private donations necessary to help the Wisconsin Department of Natural resources eliminate leaf-eating gypsy moths at state parks in ...

Officials say they’ll find way to pay for it because it wasn’t done in ’07. Gypsy-moth spraying is expected to eat a $171,000 hole in next year’s Luzerne County budget, officials said during Tuesday’s ...

Next week, close to 100,000 acres in Southwest Virginia will be sprayed with a chemical in hopes of slowing the spread of gypsy moths, whose caterpillars damage the forest. “The actual destructive ...

MADISON — Aerial gypsy moth spraying done by low-flying, loud planes is planned to resume next week across five southern Wisconsin counties. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer ...