HARTFORD, Conn. Last year s dry spring, coupled with the recent stretch of dry weather, has helped to fuel the resurgence across parts of southern New England of the gypsy moth caterpillar, a furry ...

It was May when Mary Lou Yeager first noticed that the trees on her Shermans Dale property weren’t as lively as they used to be. She quickly realized that gypsy moths were the culprit. Yeager called a ...

Jun. 19—WEST CHAZY — The barren landscape at Rockwood Maples in West Chazy looks like a scene from a Hitchcock thriller, a chilling Kafka insect tale or an Agent Orange backdrop. The culprit is not ...

Cornplanter District Forester Cecile Stelter talks about the pathogens helping keep the gypsy moth population in check and why dead caterpillars are hanging on trees. The dead caterpillar pictured was ...

PORT HENRY – Gypsy moth caterpillars are plucking Debbie Henry's last nerve. “Oh my gosh, it's terrible,” the Port Henry resident said. “We always had them around. They are just always around, but ...