The creatures, thought to be brown-tail moth caterpillars, have made their home an estate in New Addington in Croydon.
Residents have come out in rashes and suffered breathing difficulties because of the creepy-crawlies. They are also destroying trees.
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The local council say they have started to spray pest control in the affected areas, and claim that within the next week or so the brown tail moths should start to disappear.
3 comments:
Theres a case of this down here in the west country too.
When i was a kid i picked some of these up and ended up hospitalised, it took months for the rash to vanish :(
It put you in hospital? Blimey!
I hope it didn't do the same to your hair as the lady in the video. ;)
They thought i had smallpox, my entire body was covered in an itchy rash, my lips, tongue and throat swelled up, difficult to breathe, had the same thing happen after handling red admiral caterpillars. I dont touch hairy caterpillars now if i can help it ;)
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