A PEST OF CATERPILLARS IN THE MIDLANDS.
" Blossoirifield " writes from Birnr'ngham to a contemporary : — " Here in North Warwickshire we should like to know if the pest of caterpillars which is stripping our noble oaks in the Midland counties has been experienced elsewhere. Thousands of trees in our fields, hedgerows, and woods have been reduced to a condition which is heartbreaking to these who delight in the leafy month of June, and especially in our oaks, which are the pride of Warwickshire. It is no uncommon thing for a splendid tree to be attacked by this pest and entirely stripped of every green leaf within three days. May I ask if this blasting pest has extended to other counties i Strange to say, not another tree is touched ; but we dread and fear that when all the oak foilage is consumed the caterpillars wUI begin to devastate other trees."
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Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 44, 16 August 1888, Page 2
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148A PEST OF CATERPILLARS IN THE MIDLANDS. Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 44, 16 August 1888, Page 2
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