Urgent summer warning over swarm of toxic CATERPILLARS invading UK
5But a new map released by the Forestry Commission shows how they have spread to the home counties and beyond in the past 18 years.
Outside these two zones is a 'new zone' - a 'movement exclusion zone' - created last year, which outlaws oak trees being moved out of either the infected or buffer zone in a bid to halt the creepy crawlies.Forestry Commission bosses found that around 4,000 trees were infested in just under 900 sites in the 'established' and 'buffer' zones in the past year.
May is peak season for them as they reach their full size as they munch their way from one oak tree to another. You may be able to see them on all parts of the tree - on the trunk, branches and leaves, and occasionally on the ground.They are typically dome or teardrop-shaped, and range from the size of a golf ball to a rugby ball.
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