browntail moth

The state plans to release data from summer surveys in November, which could indicate where the invasive beetle is spreading.

The population has declined in Androscoggin County, but grown in Penobscot, Knox, Waldo, and Hancock Counties, and in the area around Casco Bay.

The Maine Center for Disease Control is warning people to take precautions to protect themselves from caterpillars of the browntail moth, which emerge in spring.

Maine lawmakers are considering starting a new fund to help cities and towns try to slow the spread of an invasive moth that can cause an itchy rash in humans.

Maine is experiencing its worst browntail moth season in a century, and forest experts say that unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions are contributing to the outbreak which has spread across the state.

Officials from Maine towns infested with browntail moths are urging state lawmakers to help them fight the invasive pest.At a public hearing in front of…

The browntail moth will continue to infest coastal Maine again this year, but now it has also moved inland with some winter webs being found in the Bangor…

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine officials are warning residents that this year's infestation of an invasive caterpillar is high.The state Agriculture Department…

AUGUSTA, Maine - State forestry officials say that this year's infestation of the noxious invasive insect known as the browntail moth caterpillar is going…