U.S. bug experts are dropping the name gypsy moth because it is considered an ethnic slur. They are doing the same for gypsy ants. The announcement is the first time the Entomological Society of ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring ...

HARTFORD, Conn. Last year s dry spring, coupled with the recent stretch of dry weather, has helped to fuel the resurgence across parts of southern New England of the gypsy moth caterpillar, a furry ...

It was May when Mary Lou Yeager first noticed that the trees on her Shermans Dale property weren’t as lively as they used to be. She quickly realized that gypsy moths were the culprit. Yeager called a ...

Our unseasonably warm spring has brought out the gypsy moths earlier than ever before. This year they were spotted in Pinconning around April 14 or 15, the earliest date recorded in Bay County, said ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Minnesota agriculture officials have confirmed the first-ever sighting of a gypsy moth caterpillar in the state, a disturbing discovery that hints at threats of deforestation in ...