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 ...

Maine (WMTW) - A Maine-based company says their skin products are a great remedy for the rash caused from brown tail moth caterpillars. We featured the company Marin Skincare on WABI two years ago.

Insects that can be harmful to humans and pets have been spotted in a popular tourist spot. Brown tailed moth caterpillars have been reported in the Sunken Gardens, on the West Cliff in Cromer. People ...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Researchers at the University of Maine have been conducting brown-tail moth surveys across their campus. Working in teams, they’re monitoring an increase in the moth’s population ...

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In the early years of the twentieth century, New England was invaded, and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths – and their caterpillars – that had ...

A bit more than one hundred years ago Maynard and Stow had a moth problem. Two moth problems, actually. Gypsy moths had been deliberately brought to Medford, in 1869 in an attempt to create a hybrid ...