Are These Caterpillars Damaging Your Oak Trees? See the Photos to Know originally appeared on Dengarden. Many caterpillars feed on the leaves of oak trees. Most will not do much damage, but some can ...

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 ...

From late November through December, the adult buck moths, which have charcoal black-and-white wings and rusty orange on ...

Hardwood trees such as birch, maple or oak are in danger because of a little bug—the spongy moth—native to parts in Europe, but has been in the U.S. for over 100 years. The spongy moth is making its ...

An insect that can be hazardous to human health is spreading across southeast England. Caterpillars of the oak processionary moth are becoming more common as rising temperatures help them to spread to ...

Campus is currently undergoing an outbreak of California oak moth caterpillars, according to Peter Oboyski, executive director of the Essig Museum of Entomology. He said the insects, native to the ...

During our long growing season, I get calls about caterpillars in trees and what to do about them. Caterpillars, the larvae of moths and butterflies, use tree leaves as a source of food. In turn, many ...

MARINA – On a recent misty Saturday morning, schoolboy Jeremiah Forstell dumps a wriggling mass of inch-long caterpillars on a white plastic table. He and Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado alternate as they ...

It’s that time of year again: fir tussock moth season. If you’re in Florida and have ventured outside lately anywhere with oak trees, you may have encountered a unique caterpillar — or hundreds. The ...

They’re fast movers, and all you’ll be able to see at first is a flutter of beige and brown, with a splash of orange. Watch for a few minutes, and you’ll see the wings of buck moths as they dart ...

There will be some very confused moths this summer in some parts of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and other Illinois counties. And that’s good news for trees. The insects are spongy moths (Lymantria ...