Huge webs appear after thousands of caterpillars infest foliage

Huge webs appear after thousands of caterpillars infest foliage

The tiny larvae have made large webs to protect their chosen feeding plants.

Kahl eaten and covered with dense nets: In early summer some trees and shrubs are covered with silvery threads. But these do not come from spiders.

By Carl Hesebeck A ghostly sight in the area around the southern bypass in Nordhorn: In the section between Denekamper Straße and the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal, several bushes along the road are literally encased in cobwebs and bristling with what appear to be cobwebs. Silas Suntrup from the NABU Grafschaft Bentheim district group explains what this is all about. more...