Already threatened by a deadly blight disease and several lesser evils, America’s top-selling shrub is now in the crosshairs ...

Adult moths are small, with golden or reddish-brown wings, while larvae are cream-coloured caterpillars. Look for irregular holes in clothes, often accompanied by silky threads or webbing in the ...

Carpet moths were most destructive in their young stages of life, as eggs hatched into small caterpillar-like grubs that could live up to 12 months on an eating spree of woollen fibres throughout ...

State and federal agricultural officials confirmed a 13th county in Michigan with an invasive box tree moth infestation. Officials reported that the invasive pest insect was found in Lapeer County ...

Box tree moth caterpillars are green and yellow with ... yellowing or brown leaves, white webbing, and green-black excrement on or around the plant. Larvae skeletonize the leaves and feed on ...

While moths aren’t a dangerous creepy-crawly to find in a home, they can be destructive, so it’s worth preventing or tackling a moth problem with moth repellents. Depending on the type of ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday that the box tree moth has been found in two cemeteries in Erie County. The county is now under quarantine in an effort to stop the ...

In autumn and winter the most obvious signs of the presence of this moth are the overwintering silk hibernacula which can often be readily seen when deciduous host plants have lost their leaves. In ...

They feed gregariously under webbing and can cause a significant amount of defoliation on their deciduous tree hosts. Some other caterpillars may appear similar to those of the Lackey moth. Two which ...