How do you keep a gypsy moth infestation at bay? You sexually frustrate the males until they die. That’s the strategy used by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ...

Wisconsin is one of 10 states on the leading edge of the North American gypsy moth infestation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gypsy moths were introduced in Massachusetts more than ...

Starting in mid-July, Chippewa and Dunn County residents can anticipate low-flying, yellow planes overhead. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will begin spraying ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Agricultural officials are preparing to launch their largest air war ever to protect the forests of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin against gypsy moths. In the wake ...

To help Columbia County residents become more aware of the gypsy moth problem in the area, and to educate them on how to identify the insects, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and several ...

RACINE - The county is planning a public informational meeting in mid-February about plans to spray a gypsy moth insecticide in the city of Racine this spring. The meeting will be held in the ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Drowned out by the buzz surrounding the emerging cicada brood, Wisconsin’s bugs have been having a big moment this spring. UW-Madison Extension Entomologist PJ Liesch spends much of ...

Aerial spraying to control gypsy moth caterpillars has been proposed for Adams County this spring in order to reduce gypsy moth populations and prevent the caterpillars from defoliating trees in the ...

Wisconsin officials trapped more than 140,000 gypsy moths - most of them in the western part of the state - this year, a 7.6 percent increase from 2009. While the Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...