Barnstable County said in an advisory that the box tree moth​ is damaging shrubs in several Massachusetts towns.

A rare moth species has returned to parts of Massachusetts, following a decade-long effort to restore its natural habitat, according to the statement by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as Quebec, have now joined Ontario as part of the regulated area because of the box tree moth.

When the invasive spongy moth is in its caterpillar phase, it isn’t a picky eater. That’s part of the reason the bugs are so destructive. “They eat between [300] and 500 different types of ...

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as Quebec, have now joined Ontario as part of the regulated area because of the box tree moth.