A cheaper, lighter moth trap can improve the ability of students and other citizen scientists to traps and collect insects. Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – State agriculture officials say 18,000 traps will be set up throughout Minnesota in the coming weeks to help stem the invasion of gypsy moths. Starting next week, traps will be ...

Washington Department of Agriculture’s Andrew Majeske puts up a gypsy moth trap on Trigg Road east of Ferndale in July 2010. Workers are putting up 16,000 traps in Washington, including in Whatcom ...

MADISON (WKBT) -- The state of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will begin surveying for an invasive moth species in May. "Traps are monitoring tools that identify ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The annual summer search is under way across Washington for gypsy moths, an invasive insect capable of defoliating forests and urban landscapes. The state Department of ...

Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were. By Veronique Greenwood It used to be ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will set nearly 18,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring. The work is part of the MDA’s annual detection trapping program and is designed to protect ...

Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a better -- or at least a cheaper -- version of the proverbial mouse trap. Except instead of a mouse trap, it's a moth trap. The ...