"As in a Horror Film – Caterpillars Eat 50 Hectares Bald in St. Gallen
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Westfalenpost
The Swiss canton fights with a caterpillar invasion. Millions of animals eat themselves through meadows – and become a problem for residents and farmers.
The Swiss canton fights with a caterpillar invasion. Millions of animals eat themselves through meadows – and become a problem for residents and farmers.
In Switzerland, a caterpillar plague causes massive damage. Whole meadows are eaten up, the animals even crawl up on house walls. And the authorities fear that the problem could spread further north.
A caterpillar invasion has caused considerable damage in the canton of St. Gallen. Although so-called one-point graveuls die at cooler temperatures, the authorities are already worried about next year - and fear a spread to the north.
Millions of one-point graseuls are currently falling over the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. Those affected find drastic words and complain that "sometimes every square centimeter is full of caterpillars".
In Switzerland, the caterpillars of the one-point graseule cause damage to fields and meadows. However, homeowners are also affected.
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