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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Property owners with maple, pine, aspen, and oak trees are still seeing their land under attack by an invasive and hungry bug. Yet natural and manmade barriers may be ...
Adult Moth Kenn and Kimberly say, “The adult American dagger is a relatively plain brown-gray moth with an inconspicuous dark “dagger” mark on each forewing.” ...
Native to Eurasia, the spongy moth was brought intentionally to the U.S. in 1869 by an amateur entomologist. Caterpillars escaped from the entomologist's home in Medford, Massachusetts, and spread ...
I think this insect fell from my maple tree. No one seemed to know what it was, so I finally googled "fuzzy green caterpillar" and came up with American dagger moth. Do I need to be concerned?
The giant leopard moth has a wing span of 2.25 to 3.6 inches, according to the University of Florida. Adults are white with hollow black (or sometimes iridescent blue) spots on the thorax and ...
You may find beads of frass (caterpillar droppings) under trees. Large numbers of gypsy moth caterpillars caused widespread defoliation in the state from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.