What you can do about yellownecked caterpillars: if you have an oak tree suffering an infestation, consider dusting the ...

The oak moth caterpillars feed exclusively on the leaves of oak trees, so during outbreaks, they will often eat until they strip a tree bare. Last year, this included the trees in Marina’s Coast ...

The Forestry Commission says it is already receiving accounts of oak processionary moth caterpillars causing “painful rashes” because a warm, sunny spring has meant their growth is higher than ...

According to the University of Florida, the fuzzy insects have little impact on their preferred snack, oak trees. But the caterpillars can be swept away by the wind and taken to another plant.

Tussock moth caterpillars feed on oak trees so avoid standing or walking underneath them, if possible, to avoid stepping on any or being hit if they get knocked off any of the branches.

Experts are seeing an increase in oak processionary caterpillar numbers in the Netherlands and have urged local councils to take action. The tiny hairs of the caterpillar contain a protein which can ...

Their namesake, the oak tree, is where they live as caterpillars to feast on the foliage, making them mostly found in the forests of Eastern North America, according to a report from the U.S ...

BOSCAWEN, N.H. — If you've noticed bare trees across New Hampshire, you're not alone. The spongy moth caterpillar is back, and it's defoliating thousands of acres.

But ecology specialists at Arbtech.co.uk have issued a different warning to gardeners – the oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillar, whose populations boom in early summer, will appear in UK ...