Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

A tomato plant emitting screams of distress outside the range of human hearing makes a terrible place for a moth to deposit its babies. That's the conclusion that scientists at Tel Aviv University in ...

Vinegar, especially when heated and mixed with water, helps disorient moths. Spraying a vinegar-based solution into crevices helps eliminate eggs and larvae. Also reduce humidity, freeze infested ...

The complicated relationship between a common wildflower and a little gray moth is yielding new insights into how species coevolve, with implications for the conservation of biodiversity. Researchers ...

Spongy moth caterpillars are wreaking havoc in wooded lots and forests across Pennsylvania. But the good news is populations appear to be dwindling. It’s the caterpillar stage of the spongy moths, ...

Spongy moth are an invasive species first introduced in the U.S. in the late 1860s.

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the state's recently high spongy moth population has decreased by a large enough amount to end its title of ...