The spongy moth was introduced to North America in an effort to create a silk industry. Moth populations exploded because it has no natural predators. Officials are spreading a fungus which kills ...

His research explored the possibility of using the moth’s abilities for scent tracking. Terutsuki attached an antenna from a silk moth to electrodes and mounted it on a small drone to detect odors.

The MDA had initially planned to manage the population of moths with “Btk,” an insecticide that kills spongy moth caterpillars and is normally used on high-risk, dense populations. The plan ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) originally proposed 12 areas in Minnesota to be managed aerially for spongy moth with Btk (Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki), ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service's Slow the Spread program funded such work for decades, reducing the moth's spread by 60% and treating more than 1 million acres.

Wander among hundreds of special butterflies of various sizes and colours in the jungle-like space of Budapest's recently opened butterfly house. If you're patient, you might even witness new ...

A drone equipped with an antenna from a male moth can locate the source of a smell more accurately than any electrical sensors. Unfortunately, however, the only smell it can detect is the sex ...

It's that time of the year again: stinging caterpillar season. Furry buck moth caterpillars, armed with hollow spines attached to their venom sac, are slowly emerging throughout the state.

Next month, on Saturday, April 26, between 9 a.m. and noon, the New Braunfels Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) will hold their Spring Plant Sale at Headwaters at the Comal, corner ...

Reportedly, not just the biggest moth but it is also one of the biggest insects. Its wings can stretch up to 25 to 30 centimetres, whereas its surface area size is 157 square centimetres. The moth is ...

Fifteen years ago, Meddlesome Moth, more commonly called "the Moth," opened in the Design District, pioneering the now-plentiful concept of a craft beer-focused restaurant. The Moth, along with ...