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 ...

ERIE, Pa. — A highly destructive, invasive insect new to North America was recently discovered in Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was located in two Erie County cemeteries, according to the ...

For a century, scientists have watched European gypsy moth caterpillars infected with a virus use their last strength to do something that a healthy gypsy moth caterpillar would never do in daylight ...

Although moths are generally harmless, they can cause a bit of a nuisance. The insects can wreak havoc once they get into our homes and wardrobes by creating holes in our clothes and fabrics. A pest ...

According to top lepidopterists, no one knows more about Inland Northwest moths than Carl Barrentine. Barrentine became the authority by scrutinizing well over 100,000 individual moths that have ...