The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will use a management technique called mating disruption to slow the spread of the spongy moth, a highly destructive invasive insect.

Known formerly as gypsy moth, the spongy moth was introduced to North America in an effort to create a silk industry. With no natural predators, its population exploded. Hoping to slow its spread in ...

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has started its targeted aerial treatment of state woodlands to combat spongy moth and fall cankerworm populations in many sections of Pennsylvania ...

OLMSTED COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC) – The spread of an invasive pest called spongy moth is becoming a big threat to Olmsted County’s economy, environment, and health. Lymantria dispar, better known as spongy ...

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified and anticipates treating spongy moth (formerly called gypsy moth) infestations on 28,766 acres in Watauga and six other North ...

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified infestations of spongy moth in seven counties across North Carolina that it anticipates treating in 2026. Residents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 5—CARLTON — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans to treat eight different areas spanning 19,000 acres in Carlton ...

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 treatments, which ...

LOWELL, Mich — Lowell Charter Township will ask its residents to approve or deny a millage aimed at raising money to support treatment of spongy moths in the township. Spongy moths, formerly known as ...

CARLTON COUNTY — As spongy moths, an invasive species that defoliates forests, continue their westward pursuit, Carlton County has become ground zero in Minnesota’s effort to scale back the ...