With a wingspan of over four and a half inches, the Luna Moth is one of New Jersey’s larger moth species. A member of the Saturniidae family, this giant silkworm moth will only fly at night ...

Each year, since 1970, gypsy moth caterpillars have caused varying degrees of defoliation -- between 1,910 and 800,000 acres of forested land. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture will ...

New Jersey forestland damaged by gypsy moths has increased in the number of acres for the first time since 2008, and state officials are trying to figure out why. The 2,887 acres of forest ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey’s gypsy moth population appears on the decline. State Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher says an aerial survey shows the amount of tree damage caused by the ...

asks Birds & Blooms reader Linda Maria DiSalvia of Abescon, New Jersey. Experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “This fuzzy yellow creature is the larva of the American dagger moth (Acronicta ...

Most moths are nocturnal ... Edison offered the use of that patent free, and an investor built prototypes in New Jersey, some of which still stand. But this business also failed: The molds ...