They are still alive. It’s kind of amazing; trees have adapted to deal with outbreaks of these kinds of pests,” said Cate ...

The last large outbreak of budworm occurred in 2015 and left 118,000 acres of pines defoliated. In 2022 when the current budworm outbreak likely began, 28,000 acres of pines were defoliated.

You may be familiar with spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths, destroying foliage across Pennsylvania. But there is a native worm that can also cause significant damage in certain parts of ...

“When trees are defoliated like this right at this time of year, they are using reserves that are in the trunk and in the roots to put out a second flush of growth,” said Brian ...

In certain parts of the state, you can’t miss the invasive caterpillars munching their way through the forest, just as they did last summer — when they defoliated 50,000 acres in New Hampshire.

“Trees that have been defoliated, most of them will re-flush, and that should start to occur towards the later part of this month and the beginning of next month,” Jones said. “By mid ...

The patch of defoliated trees near Little East Lake just east of the Canadian border was a sign the native budworm population had grown so large that its consumption of fir and spruce needles was ...

Take to the skies. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been using the aerial view from a plane to find trees defoliated by the invasive spongy moth caterpillar, flying from ...

Native insects were found to be the primary cause of tree damage, including caterpillars of Douglas-fir tussock moths which defoliated 18,000 acres in mixed conifer forests. A small sap-sucking in ...

"The pest is permanently established in 20 states across the Northeast and Midwest, where it has defoliated millions of acres of forest and urban trees," the WSDA said via statement. "In 2017 ...

“When trees are defoliated like this right at this time of year, they are using reserves that are in the trunk and in the roots to put out a second flush of growth,” said Brian ...