There have been some sightings of insects causing concerns in areas of western Massachusetts, which some people are saying may be the gypsy moth.

During May and early June, small yellow planes will spray Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk) over treetops in targeted areas. This natural soil bacteria effectively kills spongy moth ...

The Pa. DCNR has planned a rare spraying for fall cankerworms as well as for spongy moths across Pennsylvania. Here's why and where.

Strange and exotic animals have always captured the imagination of people worldwide. But when a photo of an unusual, fluffy ...

Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking residents to keep an eye out for a tiny terror. The spongy moth, formally known as ...

The larvae of the spongy moth, if untreated, can cause severe defoliation to oak forests that are important habitats for ...

When areas become heavily infested by the moths, trees may be completely stripped of leaves, and tree death can occur.

A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders. Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn ...

Or, more likely, there’s a bone collector in your midst. A newly discovered moth species spends its caterpillar days squatting in spiderwebs, fastidiously camouflaging itself in the cast-off ...