In addition to causing that “creepy crawly feeling,” an outbreak of spongy moth caterpillars over the past couple weeks has created a nuisance for residents of Park Ridge and likely other ...

Many plants are deciduous in autumn and winter, which means that they defoliate or die back, and then refoliate or regenerate in spring. Many others are evergreen, which simply means that they are ...

Alberta's Peace Country is being invaded by tent caterpillars. Tent caterpillars follow a seven to 10 year outbreak cycle. (Government of Alberta) The infestation of forest tent caterpillars is ...

Alberta's Peace Country is being invaded by tent caterpillars. The infestation of forest tent caterpillars is defoliating aspen trees around Peace River, Grande Prairie, High Prairie and Whitecourt.

The spray is non-toxic and organic. Left unchecked, the moths could completely defoliate an oak tree forest, leading to millions of dollars in losses for the forestry and hardwood industries ...

Computer models developed by the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs the ...

The hornworm is a voracious eater and can defoliate a plant making it leafless in a very short time. Because of their green color they are hard to see on garden plants even though they are large.

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IT’S ALSO CAUSING SOME ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. THEY’RE ONLY ABOUT A HALF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES LONG AND ON THEIR OWN THEY MAY SEEM HARMLESS BUT TOGETHER THEY CAN PACK QUITE THE PUNCH SEEM LIKE THEY ...

A: Most active between April and September, the larvae of the common gooseberry sawfly can rapidly defoliate not just gooseberry bushes but also red and white currant bushes by quickly devouring ...

Sept. 22 was the equinox. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, days will get slightly shorter as nights will get slightly longer. The intensity of the sunlight will diminish as the sun moves farther ...