As daylight hours lengthen and temperatures begin to warm, you might notice something fluttering in the tops of the still-bare trees around Maine. It’s the silvery, silky nests of the brown tail moth ...

Maine (WMTW) - A Maine-based company says their skin products are a great remedy for the rash caused from brown tail moth caterpillars. We featured the company Marin Skincare on WABI two years ago.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The town of Freeport has tried without success through a town-funded ...

A bit more than one hundred years ago Maynard and Stow had a moth problem. Two moth problems, actually. Gypsy moths had been deliberately brought to Medford, in 1869 in an attempt to create a hybrid ...

OAKLAND — Oakland Pharmacy makes a spray to treat browntail moth caterpillar rash. Usually, they make several hundred bottles, but this year so far they have made and sold close to 600. Owner and ...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting brown-tail moth surveys across their campus. Working in teams, they’re monitoring an increase in the moth’s population ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In addition to the general need to keep people informed on disease control, ...

In the early years of the 20th century, New England was invaded and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths — and their caterpillars — that had been ...

In the early years of the twentieth century, New England was invaded, and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths – and their caterpillars – that had ...