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 ...

Spotting bugs anywhere in your home is unpleasant, but finding pests in your kitchen can be downright unsettling. My first (and second, and third) thought is usually: Where did they come from? How did ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is once again gearing up to put more than 10,000 spongy moth traps around the state to monitor the species' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...