When you imagine an invasive species, you might picture termites, ants, or spiders — not a cute, small moth. However, the light brown apple moth can cause severe damage to agriculture and ...

Questions and answers concerning the Australian light brown apple moth, drawn from the California Department of Food and Agriculture and other sources: Q: When was light the brown apple moth first … ...

Five years ago, after a retired University of California professor found a light brown apple moth in his Berkeley backyard, the state and federal government responded with a blitzkrieg.

The light brown apple moth is from Australia and feeds on hundreds of different types of plants during its caterpillar stage. It can stunt and deform seedlings, ...

APHIS has classified the light brown apple moth -- originally from Australia and confirmed in California in 2007 -- as an "actionable quarantine significant pest" and has applied its authority to ...

More Santa Clara County gardeners will find themselves in a quarantine zone following two new discoveries of the invasive agricultural pest known as the light brown apple moth. The new boundary ...

In September 2010, the California Department of Food and Agriculture quarantined a portion of San Diego County when the light brown apple moth was found one mile east of Balboa Park. The pest ...

See About archive blog posts. The insatiable fruit- and leaf-eating light-brown apple moth may meet its match this month as California prepares to release hundreds of tiny, stingerless wasps.

The moth that is causing all the fuss, the light brown apple moth, is not particularly distinctive in appearance. The female is yellowish-brown, often with a darker spot where the folded wings ...

The light-brown apple moth, native to Eastern Australia, was first sighted in California near Berkeley in 2007. State agriculture officials believe it could have a potentially devastating impact upon ...

January 23, 2008 SANTA CRUZ — The state”s fight against the light brown apple moth will restart in late spring or early summer in Santa Cruz County, state agriculture officials said Tuesday.