North Carolina officials will start treatment in May for an infestation of spongy moths in the Waynesville area.

formerly known as the gypsy moth. The imminent infestation ... in large part due to spongy moth infestations.” The treatment being used is a "naturally occurring soil bacteria (Btk)," according ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is seeking the public’s input on a proposal for aerial treatment designed to limit gypsy moth infestation. The plan would treat ...

Spraying is planned for 16 different state game lands – 38,146 acres in all – and will begin as soon as spongy moth egg ...

Spongy moths were previously known as "gypsy moths" before the Entomological Society of America changed their name.

In an effort to use more inclusive language, the City of Mississauga, as well as counterparts in Canada and the United States began phasing out the use of the common name “Gypsy ... Moth for the ...

The state never received promised funds for the annual treatment against spongy moth — formally called gypsy moth — from the U.S Department of Agriculture, putting the future of the program ...

Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties have been scrapped after the federal funding for the aerial ...

It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, also known to entomologists and lepidopterists as “Lymantria dispar” and formerly as gypsy moths, which can cause the most harm to local trees.

The caterpillar will turn into a spongy moth. The agency planned to spray Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, or Btk, a naturally occurring soil bacteria that kills gypsy moth caterpillars ...

According to the PA Game Commission, they are planning to spray in 16 different State Game Lands across 38,146 acres to control the spreading of the Spongy Moth, which is also known as the Gypsy Moth.