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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 ...
It’s that time of year again: fir tussock moth season. If you’re in Florida and have ventured outside lately anywhere with oak trees, you may have encountered a unique caterpillar — or hundreds. The ...
cbc.ca Tent caterpillars taking over Edmonton Posted: May 29, 2025 | Last updated: May 29, 2025 The 80s were notorious for the infestation of the tent caterpillar. Today, we're seeing another rise ...
Now that Ontario's controversial Bill 5 is law, all eyes are on what Premier Doug Ford does with the new powers it gives his government. Bill 5, also called the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our ...
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 ...
Forest tent caterpillars have been seen ... (Photo Credit: Elliott Knopp, CityNews) Jenkins says the caterpillars’ natural predators will take care of population control, while others will turn into ...
They ambush their prey and immobilize them using their venom. Diet: The diet of the green lynx spider consists of caterpillars, moths, flies, grasshoppers, and other common garden pests.
BREWER — Browntail Moth caterpillars are out in Brewer. According to a recent update from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, the invasive species is developing faster in ...
In its caterpillar form, the spruce budworm eats away at the needles of white spruce and balsam fir. (Despite its name, it prefers — and does the most damage to — balsam fir.) Then, as a moth ...
The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated or dead last year, the most in the region since 1961. A spruce budworm ...