RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified infestations of spongy moth in seven counties across North Carolina, including Rowan, that it anticipates treating in ...

Editor’s note: Vote totals have been updated since the original time of publishing. KENT COUNTY, MI - Voters have decided on the proposed local tax to defend Lowell Charter Township trees from the ...

KENT COUNTY, MI - A local proposal would increase a millage that aims to suppress, monitor and control the invasive spongy moths in Lowell Charter Township. “Spongy moths pose a serious threat to ...

Marie Inger Dam is a co-inventor on several patent applications relating to pheromone production. A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting ...

METRO DETROIT — For those who have been to the farther reaches of the region in the summer, a few odd sights stand out to the keen eye. Crop dusters flying low in the morning hours. Bands of burlap or ...

If you spot yellow aircraft flying low over the trees this week, you may wonder if you've wandered into a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." But don't worry, you (probably) aren't ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is set to conduct aerial spraying to manage the invasive spongy moth population in Mount Vernon and surrounding areas this week. According to a news release, spongy ...

This is a map of the area to be sprayed. Credit: City of Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON – The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is spraying to control the invasive spongy moth in portions of the City of ...

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will soon begin aerial treatments to control populations of the Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth), an invasive species in Ohio. Treatments will be applied in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture- Forest Service, will be conducting aerial treatment of approximately ...

STAR TANNERY — Trees all around you dying, countless insects dropping down from tree branches up above, the bristles from the bugs causing rashes and welts upon contact with your skin. It almost ...