BELCHERTOWN, Mass.(WWLP) – They were a big problem in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and then they pretty much disappeared. “Since about 1989, roughly around that time frame, a fungus was first noticed in ...

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) – They’re back! Gypsy moth caterpillars have begun hatching in western Massachusetts. Entomologists at UMass Amherst observed Wednesday that gypsy moth egg masses began ...

Have you noticed a heavier population of furry, red-headed caterpillars in the Lowcountry recently? Although not quite at their peak hatching season, people are starting to notice, and feel, the ...

WINTHROP, Maine (AP) — A species of invasive moth that can cause an itchy rash in humans has hatched early this year in Maine. Forestry officials in Maine have said they expect this to be the worst ...

NORTHERN MICHGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's hatching season for the Spongy Moth. While the number of this invasive species is on the decline in Michigan, Cheryl Nelson, Forest Health Forester with the ...

Scientists warn that the season's first gypsy moths have begun to hatch and could soon be damaging trees across the state. The leaf-eating moths swarmed the state last year and stripped leaves from ...

SEEKONK - The swarms of winter moths that appeared like snow in headlights last November have created a new generation that is already on the rampage, eating away within the swelling leaf buds of ...

It is spring on the Front Range of Colorado, which means before long the region will receive an influx of many, many moths. Colorado is home to thousands of species of moths, many of which are ...

If you haven't noticed by now, moths are having a prosperous year in Billings. For about a week, tiny iridescent cream-colored moths have covered downtown buildings, spending their days resting on ...