The light brown apple moth may not be the voracious crop threat portrayed by state and federal agricultural officials, according to some scientists who also warn that the aerial spraying of a ...

Voracious gypsy moth caterpillars have been devouring oak leaves in Sarnia’s northwest, part of what Ministry of Natural Resources officials say is an “upward trend” in the insect population across ...

While the name of the target insect has been changed to spongy moth, from the familiar gypsy moth, the attack remains much the same - aerial spraying – and it’s getting underway right on schedule. The ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- If you were woken up by a low-flying helicopter Tuesday morning, hopefully you can rest easy knowing it was for the good of the trees. The Illinois Department of Agriculture is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A: No, Shour said. Usually, when a gypsy moth infestation has been in an area for a time, say 10 or more years, natural enemies catch up and make a dent in the insect's population. And sometimes their ...

A long-awaited review of a pesticide that was sprayed on 83,500 acres near Santa Cruz and Monterey last year to fight a pest moth concludes there is not enough information to tell if there is a link ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The makers of Mortein insect spray have hurriedly removed information on their website that explained how to kill an endangered ...

David Yeates currently receives funding from The Federal Government Departments of Environment and Energy, Agriculture, CSIRO and the Schlinger Foundation. Katja Hogendoorn receives funding from the ...

The City of Toronto says it will conduct an aerial spray to protect the tree canopy from lymantria dispa dispar (LDD) moths. In a press release issued Tuesday, the city said it will start the aerial ...