Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England.

SANDPOINT, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) said Friday that it has confirmed the detection of the invasive spongy moth (Lymantria dispar), formerly known as the gypsy moth, in Sandpoint ...

PORTAGE | Fickle spring weather has delayed the spraying of some 765 acres in the central portion of the city for gypsy moths until early or mid-May. Earlier this month, the Indiana Department of ...

An international team of researchers has found that Australia’s Bogong moth relies on the stars as well as on the Earth’s magnetic field to guide it on its annual migratory journey. An earlier study, ...

If you spot yellow aircraft flying low over the trees this week, you may wonder if you've wandered into a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." But don't worry, you (probably) aren't ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

A new study suggests that these Australian insects may be the first invertebrates to use the night sky as a compass during migration. By Alexa Robles-Gil In the summer, the walls of the caves in the ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania DCNR will spray for spongy moths and fall cankerworm, marking the first cankerworm spraying in nearly 30 years. Spraying targets almost 75,000 acres for spongy moths, a significant ...

YORK, Pa. — A popular York County park will close for one day this week to spray for spongy moths. Rocky Ridge County Park, located at 3699 Deininger Road, will be closed on Tuesday while an aerial ...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - North Carolina officials will start treatment in May for an infestation of spongy moths in the Waynesville area. Officials said the invasive moths, also known as ...

Spongy moths, your time has come. At least in the Keystone State. The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced it intends to spray 38,000 acres of state game lands this spring in order to combat spongy ...