Whenever you see any type of pest in your house, your first thought is probably, "How do I get rid of it?" The second is (gulp), "What if there are more?" This is particularly true when you spot an ...

The Department of Agriculture wants residents to be on the lookout for spongy masses growing outdoors "to help stomp out invasive pests this spring." The spongy masses are the eggs of the spotted ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is urging residents to help protect local trees by looking for and destroying spongy moth egg masses. Egg masses appear as fuzzy brown ...

MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging property owners to check trees for spongy moth egg masses and plan if treatment is needed. Spongy moths — formerly known ...

A tomato plant emitting screams of distress outside the range of human hearing makes a terrible place for a moth to deposit its babies. That's the conclusion that scientists at Tel Aviv University in ...

In a greenhouse in Tel Aviv, a moth is faced with a choice. On one side: a fresh, well-hydrated tomato plant. On the other, a plant that’s slightly begun to dry out. To human eyes, the two look ...

NEWAYGO CTY, Mich. — Come spring, spongy moths can wreak havoc on the plants and trees of Western Michigan when its larvae hatch and feed on the local foliage. Currently, the spongy moth is in the ...

Wisconsin forestry officials said now is the time to search out gypsy moth eggs and destroy them. Department of Natural Resources forestry health officials said the pests will start hatching over the ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the state's recently high spongy moth population has ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — In 2021, the spongy moths, formerly called gypsy moths, had an outbreak in population. This year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) surveys of the egg masses of ...

While nature lovers are fascinated by the upcoming, once-in-a-generation emergence of cicada broods, attention is also turning to a far more dangerous bug — the spongy moth. The destabilizing and ...