Poisonous caterpillars infest London estate

A number of people in a south London neighbourhood have undergone medical treatment following an infestation of poisonous caterpillars.



The creatures, thought to be brown-tail moth caterpillars, have made their home an estate in New Addington in Croydon.

Residents have come out in rashes and suffered breathing difficulties because of the creepy-crawlies. They are also destroying trees.


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The local council say they have started to spray pest control in the affected areas, and claim that within the next week or so the brown tail moths should start to disappear.