What you can do about yellownecked caterpillars: if you have an oak tree suffering an infestation, consider dusting the ...

While they were no help to silk production, gypsy moths quickly found their niche in chomping through American vegetation. One caterpillar can eat up to 50 square feet of vegetation in its lifetime.

Oak Processionary Moth programme manager for the Commission Dr Edward Straw said: “The warm weather in spring has led to oak processionary moth growing quicker than in previous years.

The moth’s caterpillars can damage oak trees and irritate people’s skin, eyes and throat. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

The Oak Processionary is a moth whose caterpillars are found only on oak trees. They are considered a pest that can be a hazard to the health of not only oak trees, but humans and animals.

If gypsy moth caterpillars have taken over oaks or other trees around your property, you're probably familiar with a "pitter-patter, almost rainfall-like sound," as Tawny Siminsky describes it ...

The oak processionary moth was not a pro­blem in the past. Since 1995, however, a strong increase in this formerly rare butter­fly has been observed in Lower and Middle Franconia as well as in ...

Nevertheless, the oak moth caterpillars were able to minimize the unfavorable properties of the plant defense compounds—although with a lower growth rate and poorer fitness. The study is ...

The moths have lived in Europe and Asia for thousands of years but were accidentally introduced to Boston in the 1860s. Spongy moths feed on foliage of many plant varieties but prefer oak trees.

MARTIN, Mich. (WOOD) — Oak trees can be the perfect meal for the hairy spongy moth caterpillars. The Morse family has taped off their oak trees, but the leaves are still being eaten by the furry ...

How to identify oak processionary moth caterpillars. Nests of the caterpillar are typically dome or teardrop-shaped and around the size of a tennis ball. The caterpillars, ...