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Cocoons and larvae eat Sweden

This Swedish website contains jaw-dropping (and way grody) photos of a carpet caterpillar (?) infestation in which bicycles and trees are completely covered in cocoon that’s filled with masses of writhing, maggot-like larvae.

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(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

Update: Thomas sez, “The larvae are almost certainly from the butterfly Yponomeuta evonymella, Bird-cherry Ermine (or Häggspinnmal in Swedish). It has haunted areas of Sweden for several years, but the trees do come back after being stripped clean of their foliage.”

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