"We aren't sure what to do," Markham said. "A lot of people can't afford to pay for spraying on our own, and we didn't move out to the woods just to cut down the trees." More than 3,000 acres in ...

Several years of aerial spraying across Northeastern Minnesota appear to have failed to keep tree-eating gypsy moths from expanding, with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture reporting the number ...

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along a partially eaten leaf, one reason they are considered a threat to the nation’s forests. AP Photo/Mel Evans, File A North Carolina county that is home to some of ...

My family enjoyed an end-of-summer picnic at beautiful Moon Lake Park during the Labor Day holiday. Although the pool was closed for the season, it was a beautiful day and we enjoyed paddle boating on ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring ...

The gypsy moths that destroyed or severely damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of trees throughout the state for about a century have virtually disappeared in South Jersey. An aerial survey ...

Wisconsin is one of 10 states on the leading edge of the North American gypsy moth infestation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gypsy moths were introduced in Massachusetts more than ...

A: No, Shour said. Usually, when a gypsy moth infestation has been in an area for a time, say 10 or more years, natural enemies catch up and make a dent in the insect's population. And sometimes their ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is preparing to drop gallons of a synthetic gypsy moth pheromone on a pocket of southeastern Winona County in hopes of preventing an outbreak of the pesky, leaf ...

Extended: Aerial Gypsy Moth spray A helicopter is seen conducting an aerial spray over a residential neighbourhood to help control a European Gypsy Moth infestation. The City of Toronto is sending a ...

Wisconsin officials trapped more than 140,000 gypsy moths - most of them in the western part of the state - this year, a 7.6 percent increase from 2009. While the Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...

MOHAWK VALLEY — You probably have seen them everywhere the last couple of weeks — white and brown moths fluttering everywhere — landing in bodies of water, on sides of homes, cars and trees — as they ...