Wednesday 16 August 2017

Box moths

Jane Price writes

"Hello Val

Could you please put out this message re the Box moth, many thanks.

In our garden in Saint Antonin, we have an invasion, positive plague of Box moths.
We do not have Box in the garden but they are swarming over the Buddleahs, roses, raspberries, honeysuckle, mainly nectar shrubs etc.  Is anyone else experiencing this?  I am contacting RHS to find out if this moth can affect/devastate any other plants as it does Box."
The pesky pest seems to have devastated the box bushes and hedges over a wide area - what else is at risk?
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