As daylight hours lengthen and temperatures begin to warm, you might notice something fluttering in the tops of the still-bare trees around Maine. It’s the silvery, silky nests of the brown tail moth ...

Brown-tailed moths started arriving at roughly the same time. Transported to the U.S. from Europe through the importation of seedlings, brown-tailed moths were more difficult to control and were ...

Researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting brown-tail moth surveys across their campus.

Brown tail moth caterpillars form nests, called tents. Pictured here when they were spotted in Herne Bay. Picture: Jeanette Hayes People should seek medical help if they develop breathing problems ...

Landowner Sally Donelson, left, watches as Eben Mann and Erik Stoesser-Casad use a drone to remove brown tail moth nests around her camp in Litchfield in March 2022.

That Commonwealth spent last year some $300,000 in its campaign against the brown-tail moth, introduced in a shipment of roses from Holland. View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...

What is the oak processionary moth? The oak processionary moth, Thaumetopoea processionea, is a small brown moth native to southern Europe.

My brother-in-law Peter Steward spotted a stunning, white moth at Clumber Park caravan site. This turned out to be a brown-tail moth, an insect native to Britain which has hairy black caterpillars ...

Last summer, browntail moths were found in the state for the first time in 75 years. But there's good news.

Brown tail moth caterpillars form nests, called tents. Pictured here when they were spotted in Herne Bay. Picture: Jeanette Hayes ...