Last June, I wrote about my first encounter with the Apple Ermine Moth, the unpronounceable Yponomeuta malinellus.
As I said at the time, I have no idea how to pronounce that -
Eee-ponno-mew-ter?
Yuh-poh-know-mew-tah?
Ponno-mute-er? (assuming a silent Y)
However you say it, there were quite horrible: squirmy, wriggly caterpillars which, when disturbed, turned into what looked like a speeded-up film, as they frantically thrashed around, ugh.
Apparently there are many types of Ermine Moth, and last week I encountered another one......
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