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 Minnesota Department of Agriculture planned to apply an insecticide called Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to forests.

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 ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s proposal to manage spongy moth infestations in five counties across eastern Minnesota has been canceled after federal funding for the plan fell through. The ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture planned to apply an insecticide called Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to forests. But ...

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.

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 ...

English Heritage launched operation moth and has discovered that you are at more risk living in London and the South East. They are attracted by the light, so yes, they will fly in through open ...

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.