Brighton UK, 16th May 2020: A tiny box tree caterpillar - which can completely defoliate box plants - feeding on a box plant in a garden in Brighton.

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Brighton UK, 16th May 2020: A tiny box tree caterpillar - which can completely defoliate box plants - feeding on a box plant in a garden in Brighton. First found in private gardens here in the UK in 2011, the caterpillars have since become a widespread problem across South East England and are also present in the rest of the UK. In the last 3 years, they have been ranked as the top garden pest by the Royal Horticultural Society; being the pest that RHS received most enquiries about.

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Size: 3500px × 2333px
Location: Brighton UK
Photo credit: © Andrew Hasson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: blight, bush, defoliate, destroy, gardens, larvae, leaves, moth, topiary