Starting Monday, June 23, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is treating several areas around the state for an invasive insect, the spongy moth (formerly the gypsy moth).

Unlike the past several years, the annual spring moth migration in Colorado has been relatively quiet.

OHIO, USA — Aerial treatments targeting spongy moth populations are scheduled to begin the week of June 23 in five Ohio counties, the Ohio Department of Agriculture announced.

The Midland County Spongy Moth Suppression Program will begin spraying Tuesday morning over areas of the City of Midland and Midland County, approximately 4,200 acres, using helicopters.

FILE - In this July 28, 2008, file photo, a female gypsy moth lays her eggs on the trunk of a tree in the Salmon River State Forest in Hebron, Conn. Oregon agriculture officials proposes to spray ...

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Formerly known as gypsy moths, the spongy moth caterpillars are a destructive non-native invasive species that feed on leaves of 300 species of trees, causing them to eventually die according to the U ...

Formerly known as gypsy moths, the spongy moth caterpillars are a destructive non-native, invasive species that feed on leaves of 300 species of trees, causing them to eventually die according to ...

The Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) will be spraying for invasive spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths, and also for native fall cankerworms.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says spraying is planned for 16 State Game Lands to combat the spongy moth, formerly the gypsy moth.

Officials said the invasive moths, also known as gypsy moths, have infested three blocks and they will need to treat nearly 6,000 acres with a biopesticide.

Three cities in the Midwest will have a quarantine placed on them to help tackle outbreaks of spongy moth-infested areas.