Scientists say they have figured out how a very clever virus outwits a very hungry caterpillar. The caterpillar is the gypsy moth in its larval stage, and the invasive species damages roughly a ...

HAMPDEN, Mass. (WWLP) – In 2017, western Massachusetts saw a massive outbreak of spongy moth caterpillars, formerly known as Gypsy moth caterpillars, and to this day local forests are still recovering ...

If its spores burrow into a young gypsy moth caterpillar they will kill it, subsequently growing spores on the caterpillar's corpse that become airborne and spread to other caterpillars. If it infects ...

I was looking out the window the other day, and I saw a black caterpillar crawling along the edge of the window frame. I recognized at once what type of caterpillar it was. The gypsy moth caterpillars ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is hoping there will be a lot of sexually frustrated gypsy moths on Duluth's Park Point next week. The agency is scheduled to spread a synthetic pheromone in ...

The 2018 gypsy moth trapping season has ended and results are in: 76,447 moths were caught in 10,748 traps set in Wisconsin this summer as part of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...

How do you keep a gypsy moth infestation at bay? You sexually frustrate the males until they die. That’s the strategy used by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ...

Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. The virus forces the... How A Clever Virus Kills A Very Hungry Caterpillar Scientists ...