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.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) sprayed about 1,500 acres last week in Hennepin, Anoka and Washington counties in an effort to eradicate gypsy moth infestations. A second aerial ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners to help fight spongy moths — formerly known as gypsy moths. Spongy moths pose a serious threat to oaks ...

Long-term tests with gypsy moths and nun moths Different versions of the trap are currently being tested for gypsy and nun ...

Oak, apple, sweet gum, basswood, birch, aspen and willow trees are most affected by the spongy moth. The Lymantria dispar, or spongy/gypsy moth, was introduced to North America in 1869 at Medford ...

The 2011 treatments are part of a national “Slow the Spread” project, which seeks to reduce the populations of gypsy moths infesting America’s forests. MDA will use a method of “mating ...

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 ...

76, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 584-589 (6 pages) The residual pheromone content of laminated plastic, pheromone-dispensing tapes impregnated with (+)-disparlure, the sex pheromone of the gypsy moth, ...