Talk:Bird-cherry ermine

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We have several Bird Cherry trees in our woodland that are infested, a few are completely defoliated. Does anyone know if this is a particularly bad/good year for this Ermine moth or have we got a severe infestation that we need to do something about? Come to think of it what can or should we do about it? K9meg (talk) 18:16, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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The bird-cherry ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) is a species of moth in the family Yponomeutidae, native to Europe and parts of Asia. The caterpillars are gregarious and feed on the leaves of the bird cherry tree, forming silken webbing for their own protection. They create further webbing on the trunk and near the base of the tree, which hides them as they pupate. This photograph shows one of many bird-cherry ermine caterpillar nests on a tree in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia. In some years, they are so numerous that they can completely strip a tree of its foliage.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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