will be conducting aerial treatment of approximately 17,211 acres for the purpose of reducing significant impacts to forested lands within West Virginia caused by the Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth).

Spongy moths, formerly called gypsy moths, have been eating oak tree leaves across the state since 1970. Last summer was a devastating year for parts of the state. “In 2022 were some of the ...

These insects, formerly called gypsy moths, are poised for another year of damage in certain parts of the U.S. File video above: What you can do to protect trees from gypsy mothsSpongy moths ...

If you've noticed an abundance of hungry black caterpillars devouring your trees or crawling around on your patio, you may be dealing with an invasion of spongy moths. These insects, formerly called ...

Until last month, it was called the gypsy moth. Now, it’s known as the spongy moth, a name inspired by the moth’s spongy egg masses. No matter what they’re called, the invasive moths are bad ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Entomological Society of America (ESA) has renamed the insect we commonly refer to as a “gypsy moth” or Lymantria dispar. The “spongy moth” is now the ...

Officials said the new moniker—which derives from the common name used in France and French-speaking Canada, “spongieuse”—refers to the moth’s sponge-like egg masses. Officials said ...

DULUTH — Entomologists have changed the name of the gypsy moth to the spongy moth, but the battle against the forest-munching invaders will continue this summer with aerial spraying in eastern ...

Previously, the insect’s common name, "gypsy moth," contained a racist term. "Gypsy is considered a racial slur by many Romani people,” Magda Matache, a Romani scholar and director of the ...

An invasive moth species is getting a new name after the old one was dropped for containing what some consider a racial slur. The insect formerly known as the “gypsy moth” will now go by the ...