If you spot low-flying planes over Duluth this week, they're most likely involved in gypsy moth control efforts. Starting Monday and possibly continuing through Friday - depending on weather - the ...

The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) remains one of the most intensively studied forest pests due to its dynamic population fluctuations and wide-ranging ecological impacts. Its outbreaks not only lead ...

According to a study, insights from the genome of the European gypsy moth may inform pest control strategies. Introduced to North America in the 1860s, the European gypsy moth caterpillar is a ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will treat 98,000 acres in St. Louis, Lake, Cook and Carlton counties over the next week in an effort of control infestations of gypsy moths -- a destructive ...

Aerial spraying to control gypsy moth caterpillars has been proposed for Adams County this spring in order to reduce gypsy moth populations and prevent the caterpillars from defoliating trees in the ...

How do you keep a gypsy moth infestation at bay? You sexually frustrate the males until they die. That’s the strategy used by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ...

Small planes will likely be spraying a natural pesticide over southwestern Sauk County today and Devil's Lake State Park during the weekend as state agencies battle tree-munching gypsy moths, a ...

Prince William County officials have launched an aggressive spraying and monitoring program to fight squads of gypsy moths that have infested thousands of acres of trees in the county's western end.

Q: I have observed fewer gypsy moth infestations in Northeastern forests in recent years. What’s going on? A: The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, has recently been under significant pressure from the ...