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.

Browntail moth caterpillars (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) have tiny barbed hairs containing toxins. These poisonous hairs cause skin rashes when touched and may cause breathing problems if inhaled.

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 ...

These masoor dal snacks are perfect for tea time. Check out the recipes below. Indian tea time snacks prominently feature crispy and greasy delights. Be it samosa, kachori, pakoda, or namkeen, they ...