Black poplar leaves infected by fungi are especially susceptible to attack by gypsy moth caterpillars. A research team found that young larvae that fed on leaves covered with fungal spores grew faster ...

They’re the worst kinds of visitors: Irritating, destructive and back for another visit when you thought you’d finally got rid of them. For the second straight spring, parts of the Bay Area are ...

For someone with entomophobia, a fear of insects, spring can feel like a fever dream. "They're really bad this time of year," Wade Wilson, an associate certified entomologist, said of the tussock moth ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Black-tusked tussock moth caterpillars are munching fir trees along Colorado’s Front Range, spreading across 25,000 acres in one year and forcing a $293,000 ...

Aug. 3—The caterpillars may look fuzzy, but do not touch them. That's the advice the U.S. Forest Service has for people camping in central and northern New Mexico. Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillar ...

The Black Cutworm larvae are are light gray to black and about 1½" long when mature. Covered in convex skin granules, which gives them a shiny and greasy appearance. Lush, green fields of winter ...

Buck moth caterpillars (Hemileuca maia) are commonly seen on and around oaks in southeast Louisiana in spring. It is important to be aware of this because they can deliver painful stings. If you think ...

The invasive spongy moth and its caterpillars can decimate a garden. Here’s how to fight back. By Margaret Roach Until this year, the only spongy moths I had encountered were the winged adults — the ...