John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Another bad year for box plants as invasive caterpillar tops pest list again "An invasive caterpillar that destroys box trees has topped the list of pests gardeners are worried about for the third year in a row. The Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) annual list of the top plant pests and diseases facing British gardens shows the box tree moth caterpillar was once again the top concern in 2019, as the species becomes more widespread. The caterpillar, a native of East Asia first discovered in the UK in 2011, feeds vociferously on box plants under a blanket of pale fine webbing that can cover infected plants. The charity’s analysis of thousands of queries it received from gardeners last year found the caterpillar triggered more inquiries than the rest of the top five pests combined."

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