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 ...

You shouldn’t see much of the gypsy moth in Northeastern Pennsylvania this summer, or anywhere in the state for that matter. Last week, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources finished ...

The problem was brought up by a resident at the last Pittsgrove Township Committee meeting. All along Route 40, trees can be seen with massive amounts of defoliation done to them because of these ...

Financial woes forced 30 municipalities to opt out of the Garden State's insecticide program for gypsy moths, an annual tree-ravaging pest. But many other communities still plan to treat their land, ...

They say nothing is inevitable except death and taxes. But if you live in a forested region, there’s one other inevitability — gypsy moth infestation. The strength of attack offered by these pests ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars are a big concern to some residents of Fox Road in Elizabeth Township. Sharon Shanahan said she was on the phone for eight hours on Monday and had even hired a tree consultant ...

Sometimes you have to get up early to get a jump on the enemy. It was just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, and Vicki Feigi had been on a hill south of Tomah for more than two hours when her cell phone rang.

Gypsy moths, an invasive species that were accidentally introduced to Massachusetts in the 19th century, have been kept in check in the state since 1989, when a fungus that controls the Japanese gypsy ...

The gypsy moths that destroyed or severely damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of trees throughout the state for about a century have virtually disappeared in South Jersey. An aerial survey ...

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County Conservation District will coordinate a 2009 spray program to help control gypsy moth infestations. Woodlot owners who have evidence of a gypsy moth problem may call the ...