Brown-tail Moth
2nd September 2006, SaturdayDuring the last few days the white webs of the Brown-tail Moth have reappeared in bushes of Bramble, Hawthorn and Sea Buckthorn. These webs are made by the very tiny caterpillars that have just hatched and the web will serve as protection during the winter. Now the tiny caterpillars are eating just the surface of the leaves, but in the spring, when the webs warm up and the caterpillars get larger they will eat the whole leaf.
For a close-up of the army of tiny caterpillars on the left leaf…
