Spongy moth caterpillars are wreaking havoc in wooded lots and forests across Pennsylvania. But the good news is populations appear to be dwindling. It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, ...

Aki Nace has been a web producer for CBS Minnesota since 2019. She covers breaking news and makes short-form documentary films. Residents of Grand Rapids, Coon Rapids and Winona will not be able to ...

The Department of Agriculture is seeking the public's help to destroy an invasive species that looks like spongy mud and is growing outdoors. With spring's official arrival, the agency says "smashing ...

As a caterpillar, the invasive spongy moth consumes as much leaf tissue as it can, as fast as it can, threatening the lives of whole forests across the upper Midwest. But Illinois continues to stand ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is always a wonderful, if somewhat chaotic, time of year in Indiana. Between the heavy rains and beautiful flowers blooming, the months leading up to summer can make ...

What do you do if you’re out camping or hiking and you spy a spongy moth or its eggs in one of nine northern Indiana counties or in the entire lower peninsula of Michigan, where the U.S. Department of ...

The invasive spongy moth and its caterpillars can decimate a garden. Here’s how to fight back. By Margaret Roach Until this year, the only spongy moths I had encountered were the winged adults — the ...

When the common name for a common forest pest contains a racial slur, how do you rename it? The pest, in this case, is an invasive moth that's been devouring foliage, in its caterpillar stage, since ...