The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is proposing aerial treatment of approximately 17,328 acres for the purpose of reducing significant impacts to forested lands within West ...

What most likely is a response to people flooding her DMs with unsolicited insectoid factoids, Ella addressed that she is ...

Photos of some of the most common furry caterpillars you'll find in your garden, plus which ones are likely to become pests, ...

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has proposed treating more than 17,000 acres of forest land in the state, ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy moths, which can cause the most harm to local trees.

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along partially eaten leaves of a tree in Trenton, N.J. The spongy moth caterpillar has a yellow and black head, a hairy body with pairs of blue spots, followed by ...

Spongy moths, formerly called gypsy moths, are an invasive insect species originally ... After hatching, spongy moths begin as caterpillars that feed for 5-6 weeks and each will consume approximately ...

But none of these invasive species are as famous as the spongy moth, also known as the gypsy or tent moth ... outside due to the sheer amount of caterpillars munching and excreting on trees.