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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – The gypsy moth caterpillars have been seen hatching on trees along Route 202 in Belchertown. If you live in eastern parts of Hampden, Hampshire or Franklin Counties you may have ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up AMHERST — Entomologists at University of Massachusetts Amherst report that ...

"Outbreaks have been confirmed in Hampshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. Active from late April through till summer, it’s the moth’s caterpillar stage that poses the biggest risk to people and ...

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 ...

While Chicagoans were alarmed to learn the spotted lanternfly had been found in Illinois last year, experts say spring is the time to take action against that insect — as well as another damaging ...

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 ...