The recently renamed spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, formerly known as the gypsy moth, remains a real threat to hardwoods in northern and northeastern Indiana. Purdue Extension has a website dedicated ...

Spongy moth caterpillars are wreaking havoc in wooded lots and forests across Pennsylvania. But the good news is populations appear to be dwindling. It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, ...

Samples of female spongy moths and larvae — part of a hundred year old collection at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The female moths have wings but are flightless.

Pennsylvania DCNR will spray for spongy moths and fall cankerworm, marking the first cankerworm spraying in nearly 30 years. Spraying targets almost 75,000 acres for spongy moths, a significant ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared an emergency over spongy moths, formerly called gypsy moths. According to a news release from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) on Wednesday ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan tree owners sick of caterpillar droppings raining down on them may get some reprieve this year. James Wieferich, forest health specialist with the Michigan ...

A spongy moth caterpillar on a tree leaf. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will be conducting more aerial spraying this summer, including in some Duluth neighborhoods, to try to slow the ...

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 ...

Egg mass decline: Egg masses smaller than a quarter are an indication that the NPV virus is causing a decline in spongy moth populations. (Bill McNee, Wisconsin DNR, Bugwood.org) You might have seen ...