It's no secret that dealing with pests in the backyard is part and parcel of being a gardener. It can be a nuisance to see curious critters takeover your carefully curated planting and cause damage.

The bacterial insecticide — nontoxic to people, animals and bees — can only be applied during a short period in the spring, ...

There is only a small window of time in the spring when the pesticide is effective at killing the invasive caterpillars — ...

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 start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat spongy moth (formally known as gypsy moth) populations poised for spring outbreaks in many sections of Pennsylvania. “Suppression ...

This Issue focuses on ecological consequences of introduced species using several case studies - zebra mussels, brown tree snakes, fire ants, and gypsy moths. There are many, many more examples of ...