One of the tasks that is imperative in protecting mature forests, including oak trees, is spraying for spongy (formerly called gypsy) moths. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has plans to spray ...

formerly known as the gypsy moth, DCNR said in a news release. Aerial spraying to combat the destructive moth populations is poised for spring when the insects emerge and begin feeding.

The plan would treat approximately 17,328 acres of land in the greater Eastern Panhandle, including the counties of Berkeley, ...

formerly called the gypsy moth, has established itself in the commonwealth and its numbers fluctuate. This year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will spend $2.4 million to spray 124,000 acres ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy moths ... “DCNR will spray 75,000 acres statewide ...

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along partially eaten ... State foresters say the problem requires aerial treatment and the time to spray is spring. DCNR experts say spongy moth egg mass surveys ...