Polyphemus caterpillars eat a wide variety of tree leaves, including oak, maple, willow, wax myrtle, and more. Meet the ...
“Oaks are the main target of spongy moths, and they also provide the best and most reliable wildlife foods,” Weiss said. “Unfortunately, in some areas, we have seen birch and maple replace ...
“You have several species of trees that are highly attractive to spongy moths, so all oak species, most maple, red maple, sugar maple, and almost every species of deciduous trees,” said Latz.