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Seem to be a lot more about this year.
I can't recall seeing so many nests before, wonder if it's down to the mild Winter.
I wonder what it's like elsewhere ?

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Where are you, round my immediate locality I am seeing less nests than usual, although I have insecticide treated the one tree on the regular dog follow.

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More around us than last year. Luckily the ones near us were on low branches so I was able to snip the branches holding the nests into a bag then take them back and burn them.

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I'm in Valencia region.
Normally I can deal with most of them but this time there's lots of the bafty crastards high up in trees where I've never seen them before.

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As am I.
There's only one nest nearish to me that I can't get to, I'll have to live with that.

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Shotgun?

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If I still had one......

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They used to hang out high up in a neighbour's tree overhanging my garden.

Strangely the tree took sick and died. ;)

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Yep, loads around here and very much higher up than normal so can't get to them!

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We're surrounded by mountainsides with mostly pine trees; can't say there are more nests than usual, in fact I'd say fewer.

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Any nests are too many if you ask me :)

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My opinion also.
I read somewhere that they're spreading further north each year with the milder winters and are well on their way through France.
I wonder if they'll make it to the UK if they haven't done so already, though I imagine they'll need to hitch a ride ?

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pineprocessionarymoth

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Dont like them and they do a lot of damage, but they have as much right to exist as any other creature including humans.

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what damage do theycreate?
as far as I can see they just go about their own business.

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Pine processionary caterpillars | Old Fools Blog | Victoria Twead

In extreme cases they can kill you, kill your pet and kill the tree they nest in,
but don't panic Mr Mainwaring,
as long as you exercise a little common sense you shouldn't have a problem.