MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is once again gearing up to put more than 10,000 spongy moth traps around the state to monitor the species' ...
The annual gypsy moth hunt is under way. The Oregon Department of Agriculture has begun placing thousands of insect traps throughout the state in an effort to detect the insect and other invasive, ...
The Idaho Department of Lands has placed around 130 traps in the trees of the Sandpoint area, in the hopes of ascertaining the level of threat posed by some very hungry caterpillars. The traps are a ...
A pink- and caramel-colored elephant hawk-moth sitting on a leaf. The content of a small box on his roof terrace in central London has taught ecologist Tim Blackburn more about the natural world than ...
"We won't know for certain whether some rarer species will be found again, which makes every sighting exciting." ...
Crow Wing County Land Services is participating in the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's, 2014 Gypsy Moth Section Trapping Survey. The gypsy moth is an invasive species that, as a caterpillar, is ...
Sampling: Sampling is based on monitoring moth catches in local blacklight traps. For the most precise decisions, traps should be placed within one mile of each field. Traps should be serviced 3 times ...
The annual gypsy moth summer trapping program is under way. By the end of July more than 22,000 small cardboard traps will be placed around the state, checked every two to three weeks during the ...
MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will be setting over 10,000 traps for gypsy moth in 47 counties. DATCP requests that property ...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection plans to start setting thousands of spongy moth traps around the state to help monitor the species’ population, ...
Previous observations have seen butterflies and moths drinking the tears of animals such as turtles and crocodiles in the ...
MADISON (WKBT) -- The state of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will begin surveying for an invasive moth species in May. "Traps are monitoring tools that identify ...