The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), in cooperation with the United States Forest Service, will begin mating disruptor treatments for spongy moth (Lymantria ...

Parts of northeastern Ontario, including Sudbury, are in the midst of a tent caterpillar outbreak, [the CBC reports]( ...

Worried about spongy moths stripping your trees this summer? Michigan DNR says their numbers are dropping—here’s what you can ...

Black willow trees are naturally found mostly in the eastern part of the U.S., from Minnesota to Texas ... they may make meals of tent caterpillars, and may indirectly aid in pollination. You may also ...

'Tis the season for caterpillar overreaction. Before we get to the protagonist of this column, a quick note on caterpillar abundance. Suffice to say, caterpillars are everywhere. Caterpillars are ...

Eastern tent caterpillars are a native species that create noticeable silken nests in trees, primarily black cherry trees. While they may cause temporary defoliation, they do not kill trees and ...

Minnesota's moth count generally has ranged from 200 to 400 moths ... there are few if any natural enemies to slow or stop them. And, unlike forest tent caterpillars which cycle up and down, gypsy ...

Eastern tent caterpillars ... Mature caterpillars leave the host plants in early summer in search of suitable sites to pupate within a silken cocoon they will spin. Moths emerge later that ...

Do not touch them. As the weather warms up in South Texas, spring foliage brings out an abundance of tussock moth caterpillars that carry irritating, or even venomous, hairs that sting and can ...

A: Insect development depends on temperature trends, and Central Maryland probably hasn’t reached the warmth threshold yet for tent caterpillar egg hatch. This native moth spends the winter as ...

She gets many reports about gypsy moth caterpillars that turn out to be similarly-looking tent caterpillars.Cassandra Day — The Middletown Press Jim Rossi of Durham said he was able to stop an ...