The spongy moth was introduced to North America in an effort to create a silk industry. Moth populations exploded because it has no natural predators. Officials are spreading a fungus which kills ...

A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella.

Male silk moths are known to search for female moths by using their antennae to detect pheromones that the females emit. Shinshu University associate professor Daigo Terutsuki, 36, a researcher at ...

Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties have been scrapped after the federal funding for the aerial treatments didn’t come through. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture(MDA) says it can not move forward with a proposed management plan in 12 areas for its spongy moths after it was unable to secure federal funding.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s proposal to manage spongy moth infestations in five counties across eastern Minnesota has been canceled after federal funding for the plan fell through. The ...

DULUTH — Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties, including three in the Northland, have been scrapped after the federal funding for the aerial treatments didn't come through.

A drone equipped with an antenna from a male moth can locate the source of a smell more accurately than any electrical sensors. Unfortunately, however, the only smell it can detect is the sex ...

Welcome to animals that start with P. If you’ve been searching for animals starting with P, you’re in luck. You’ve come to the end of your search. We’ve put together a list of twenty animals that ...

It's that time of the year again: stinging caterpillar season. Furry buck moth caterpillars, armed with hollow spines attached to their venom sac, are slowly emerging throughout the state.

On the other hand, night-active species, like the Polyphemus moth, encounter fewer and less diverse plant aromas. With less clear chemical information available, it might be harder for them to be so ...