U.S. bug experts are dropping the name gypsy moth because it is considered an ethnic slur. They are doing the same for gypsy ants. The announcement is the first time the Entomological Society of ...

The Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) are joining forest health professionals to monitor the invasive spongy moth (formerly ...

NORTHFIELD - They may not be a public enemy, but they are a public nuisance. The Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders bestowed that designation on gypsy moths Tuesday for a 287-acre section of ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The little black insects are all over parts of central Pennsylvania. Spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths, recently hatched and are looking for leaves to feed on.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants forest owners to help fight spongy moths — formerly known as gypsy moths. Spongy moths pose a serious threat to oaks, as well as ...

Sometimes you have to get up early to get a jump on the enemy. It was just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, and Vicki Feigi had been on a hill south of Tomah for more than two hours when her cell phone rang.

Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, ...