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Spongy moth quarantine to go into effect for three cities to prevent damage to forests
The three areas were scheduled to be aerially managed this spring with an insecticide used to kill spongy moth caterpillars, ...
Moths be gone: Pa. Game Commission to spray tens of thousands of acres to protect habitats
The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced it intends to spray 38,000 acres of state game lands this spring in order to ...
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Spongy moth infestation leads to quarantine in several Minnesota cities
MDA is calling for a quarantine in certain areas of the affected cities starting May 1, 2025, and ending in June 2026.
Want butterflies? Holes in the leaves come with the territory
Butterflies and moths start out the season as caterpillars, and caterpillars are voracious feeders of leaves. If you spray ...
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This fungus targets invasive spongy moths. Could climate change alter their dynamic?
The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain ...
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‘Legion of bark beetles’ expected to gobble Michigan’s ice-damaged trees
Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and ...
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Gardeners warned over 'destructive' insect ruining hedges this April
As the sunshine finally returns, gardeners across the UK are being warned to stay alert for an increasingly destructive pest ...
Police: Mifflinburg man failed to pay for lumber cut from two separate properties
A Mifflinburg man took $4,500 worth of lumber without paying from two people in West Buffalo Township, according to state police in Milton. Franklin W. Roup, 43, of Shinbone Road, Mifflinburg, was ...