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    Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 6:25pm
The Bird Cherry Ermine Moth seems to be more virulent on Deeside than usual.  There are usually plenty of infested trees each summer, but pretty much every bird cherry between Banchory and Potarch seemed to be completely defoliated when I drove along the North Deeside road this afternoon.
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Apparently very prevalent along Speyside Way too this year (see: http://speysideway.blogspot.com/ ).

And I was at my Mum's in Kendal, Cumbria, a couple of days ago and saw that larval tents by the Morrison's supermarket in town have made it onto page 3 of the local newspaper.

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Plenty of ermine moth “tents” on the trees along the Feugh also.

And a number of these shield bug nymphs presumably feeding on the caterpillars.

Not sure of the species.




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The 'mystery' webs have now reached the attention of the BBC, who have interviewed Mark Young about the moths:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10532791.stm




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The shieldbug nymph is Forest Bug (Pentatma rufipes).

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Sorry - typo there. Scientific name is Pentatoma rufipes
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