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.

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The weather is getting warmer, and that, unfortunately, means Brown Tail Moth season is upon us. Northern Light Health says they’re seeing an influx of patients with symptoms ...

A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures, a group of scientists has found. The browntail moth is ...

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Browntail moth caterpillars on oak leaves at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, Maine. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world.

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 ...