One of the tasks that is imperative in protecting mature forests, including oak trees, is spraying for spongy (formerly called gypsy ... occurs and the spongy moth egg masses hatch through ...

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 ...

The USDA is asking Indiana residents to stomp out pests and keep an eye out for eggs masses from the invasive ... These used to be called gypsy moths and are one of North America’s most harmful ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy ... Red Oak tree from spongy moth egg masses ...

Spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar, formerly known as the gypsy moth) are a major threat to Pennsylvania’s forests, having killed millions of oak and other ... Spongy moth egg mass surveys ...

Targeted sites are determined by surveys of egg ... Oak, apple, sweet gum, basswood, birch, aspen and willow trees are most affected by the spongy moth. The Lymantria dispar, or spongy/gypsy ...