Washington Department of Agriculture’s Andrew Majeske puts up a gypsy moth trap on Trigg Road east of Ferndale in July 2010. Workers are putting up 16,000 traps in Washington, including in Whatcom ...

The annual gypsy moth hunt is under way. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has begun placing thousands of insect traps throughout the state in an effort to detect the insect and other invasive, ...

Finding 14 of any type of gypsy moth is concerned to state officials, who had reduced the number to between zero and four moths per year for the last five years. The moths can devastate forests, ...

According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

Carpet moths become active from March through October, feasting on keratin found in materials like wool, cashmage, silk, and ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is once again gearing up to put more than 10,000 spongy moth traps around the state to monitor the species' ...

The Idaho Department of Lands has placed around 130 traps in the trees of the Sandpoint area, in the hopes of ascertaining the level of threat posed by some very hungry caterpillars. The traps are a ...

A cheaper, lighter moth trap can improve the ability of students and other citizen scientists to traps and collect insects. Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a ...

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) remains one of the most persistent and destructive pests of homegrown apples and pears.

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