Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Green, Sawyer Counties added to Wisconsin Spongy Moth Quarantine

MADISON, Wis. – Trapping data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) indicates that the spongy moth, an invasive insect from Europe that feeds on the leaves of more than 300 tree species, is now widely established in Green and Sawyer counties. As a result, both counties have been placed under state and federal spongy moth quarantine, joining mos...